It’s Turkey Time, Y’all
So Many Reasons To Be Grateful
In 2013, Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. held its first official Thanksgiving Giveaway. Before then, we informally supported families, and for 27 years we ran a Christmas Basket Giveaway that stopped in 1992 due to a lack of volunteers.
Our Thanksgiving Giveaway is now an integral part of our services. This occasion provides our neighbors with opportunities to volunteer, donate, and receive food, according to their needs and capacity. It is our goal to ensure as many families as possible enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, provided by their neighbors and GPHC.
We are now working on our 7th annual Thanksgiving Giveaway, providing meal boxes that contain everything needed to feed a household on Thanksgiving – vegetables, stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy, rolls, pies, and yes, a turkey. Last year we distributed 346 boxes, providing 1,283 people with meal to share and celebrate.
As of this writing we don’t yet know the exact need for how many boxes we’ll need to distribute this year. But we are fairly certain it will meet or exceed last year’s number. The more we have, the more we can serve.
This is where you come in.
We are in need of monetary donations, food donations, and volunteers. Visit greaterparkhill.org/food-programs/thanksgiving/. There you will find the form for how to give, our list of needed supplies, the hours and days we are in need of volunteers, and all other details.
Thank you to the donors and volunteers who give their time, talent, and treasure. We are grateful to be part of a community that comes together to care for those who need it most.
Recent Donors
Christine Allen
Alexis Anderten
Klinten Andreas
Kathleen Andrews
Kathie Athenes
Nancy Barrett
James Blanas
Kathryn Blanas
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Henry Bootz
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Kealey Boyd
Matthew Bradford
Colleen Burgess
Matt Cecere
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Jack Farrar
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A Fuller
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Lynn Kalinauskas
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Colleen & Randy
Donor Organizations
AARP #995
Blessed Sacrament
Cure D’Ars Catholic Church
Dahlia Campus for Health and Well-Being
Messiah Community Church
Montview Blvd Presbyterian Church
Park Hill United Church of Christ
Park Hill United Methodist Church
St. Thomas Episcopal
Recent Volunteers
Janey Alpert
Barbara Cavender
Millie Drumwright
Jack Farrar
Claudia Fields
Harold Fields
Tas Frashure
Maria Goodwin
Noni Horwitz
Erika Hutyra
Megan Jamison
Debra Lovell
Chuck Nelson
Jasper Mueller
Mia Peterson
Mike Quigley
Peggy Roberts
Deb Rosenbaum
Mary Salsich
Tammi Scroggins
Heather Shulman
Shane Sutherland
Sue Weinstein
McAuliffe Students