2025 Thanksgiving & Christmas at Hope Clinic

With your help, we will make sure everyone in our community has a full table this Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving:

(Looking for Christmas information? Scroll down!)

Each Year, the Hope Clinic and our partners provide hundreds of families with a turkey and fixings to make Thanksgiving dinner, and we serve around 100 hot meals on Thanksgiving Day. This has all been made possible by YOUR generosity.
Here are ways you can support this tradition of love!

1. Prepare and Donate Thanksgiving Bags:
The Hope Clinic is asking the community for 500 bags of Thanksgiving fixings (around $30 each). The signup link below asks for the number of bags you can donate on a specific date so that we can manage the flow of donations, as we have limited storage space. Instructions for packing bags and a list of the required content are available for download below and will be emailed to all those who sign up. Click the link below to sign up to donate.

Sign up to donate Thanksgiving Bags
Content List and Instructions

2. Volunteer during Thanksgiving: Special shifts available!
We need volunteers to provide these services to the community. Below you will find information for volunteer opportunities that take place throughout the week leading up to Thanksgiving. (NOTE: YOU WILL NEED AN ACCOUNT IN BETTER IMPACT TO SEE THESE SHIFTS)

  • Turkey Pick Up — Two opportunities: 10am-11am on Friday, Nov 20 or 10am-11am on Saturday, Nov 21. Because of our limited cold storage capacity, we need to pick up turkeys from our local stores on two different occasions. Volunteers will meet at the store (TBA), load their car with turkeys, drive back to Hope Clinic, and help to unload into freezers. Volunteers must be able to lift 30 lbs, have a clean van, truck, or SUV that can hold at least 30 frozen 15 lbs turkeys, a valid drivers license, and up-to-date auto insurance. Sign up to serve>>>

  • Donation Handling — Two opportunities: 6pm-7:45p on Thursday, Nov 19 or 6pm-7:45pm on Friday, November 20. During these times, donated bags of Thanksgiving fixings will be dropped off at the Hope Clinic. Volunteers will bring carts out to the parking lot to load donations and then organize the bags in the Hope Clinic Dining Room. Sign Up to serve >>>

  • Thanksgiving Distribution — Three distribution times to choose from. 12:30pm-4:30pm on Friday, November 20, or 12:30-4:30pm on Saturday, November 21, or 8:30am-11:30am on Wednesday, November 25. Community members receiving turkeys and fixings are assigned an afternoon to pick up their dinner. Volunteers will direct traffic, load turkeys and bags into cars, and check community members off the sign-up list. Wednesday’s distribution is first-come, first-served (as supplies last). Dress warmly and wear comfortable shoes! Sign up to serve >>>

  • Thanksgiving Dinner — Prep on Wednesday, November 25 (12pm-4pm). Cook, serve, or clean up on Thursday, November 26 (11:30am-2pm or 2-4:30pm or 4:30-7pm) Led by Head Cook Valerie Moore. Sign up >>>

3. Hold a Holiday Food Drive to stock Hope’s shelves: We want to make sure that each community member who visits the Hope Clinic Pantry leaves with bags full of the items they need to keep their family well fed. You can donate staples like cereal, pasta, canned soup, peanut butter, cooking oil and non-food groceries like paper towel and dish soap. You can also donate holiday items like cranberry sauce, stuffing mix and spices, etc. Hope relies on these food drives to keep our shelves well stocked with a diverse range of items. Donate the items that YOUR family loves!

Due to the pressure on our storage capacity around Thanksgiving, we will be implementing a Donation Advisory from Nov 16-27. We respectfully ask that, when possible, folks choose before or after this period to drop off donated food drive or sack lunch items. Please call ahead if you must drop off a large donation during this period so we can plan for how to store it.

4. Buy a Bird! — Donate toward the cost of Thanksgiving Turkeys
We will be purchasing 300+ turkeys this year, and receiving more from Food Gatherers, our local Food Bank and other donors. The cost of turkeys has risen in recent years, so we need $7,500.00 to make this happen.

5. Connect someone who needs a Thanksgiving Dinner!

For those who do not sign up in advance, we will have a first-come/first-serve turkey giveaway from 8:30-11:30am on Wednesday, November 25 (as supplies last).

Christmas

Coming soon! We’ll be offering fun opportunities to assemble gift bags for Hope Clinic clients, as well as opportunities to step in and sponsor a client service like a doctor’s visit or dental appointment.