Page 4 November 25, 2015 Thanksgiving at Union Gospel Union Gospel Mission will be host- ing a Thanksgiving meal for the home- less and anyone in need on Thanksgiv- ing Day, Thursday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in a large tent in front of the downtown mission. Close to 200 volunteers will be in- volved in the preparation and serving of the free Thanksgiving dinner. In ad- dition to the traditional holiday meal, guests will receive cold weather gift bags, which contain hats, gloves and scarves. Union Gospel Mission will also have snack packs for guest to take with them after the event which con- tain cookies, chips and a soda. A big vat of gravy gets stirred by a Union Gospel Mission volunteer for a Thanksgiving meal for the homeless and anyone in need. The mission serves this year’s traditional holiday meal on Thursday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Food Cart Opens to Needy Holiday Meals for Homebound Meals on Wheels to serve isolated seniors Nola’s Southern Cuisine , a food cart located across from Wells Fargo Bank in the 5800 block of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, will be giving out free Thanksgiving dinners to those in need on Thanks- giving day, Thursday, Nov. 26, from 1 p.m. until 3 pm. “We are trying to get the word out to people who may be interested,” said Nola’s Southern Cuisine repre- senatives. Refugees from p age 2 budget so that the council could become a full commission, making recommenda- tions to City Council around immigrant and refugee issues and policies in their diverse communities. Volunteers make deliveries to seniors for Meals on Wheels at Thanksgiving last year. Meals on Wheels People will deliver more than 1,000 hot turkey dinners to homebound seniors on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26. The organization will also host community Thanksgiving dinners the next day at some of its locations in the Portland metro area. “A traditional holiday meal with turkey and all the trimmings will be delivered by volunteers to our most frail and isolated seniors on Thanksgiving Day,” said Meals on Wheels People Executive Director Suzanne Washington. “We are so grateful for the community volun- teers who spend part of their holiday making the day brighter for these seniors.” The next day, Thanksgiving dinners will be served between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27 at the Elm Court Center, 1032 S.W. Main St., downtown, and the Meals on Wheels sites in Beaverton, North Plains and Tigard. The menu includes roast turkey and gravy, cranberry relish, bread stuffing, mashed potatoes, yams, peas and carrots, cranberry gelatin salad, potato rolls, and pumpkin pie with whipped topping.