This year FOOD FOR FRIENDS is celebrating 30 years serving this community during the Thanksgiving holiday season. Our first meal was served at the Harold Washington College on Thanksgiving 1994. We serve there for five years until they did a renovation and we moved to the Pacific Garden Mission on State Street. We served at the Pacific Garden Mission on State Street until they open up their new facility.
This Thanksgiving, Food For Friends served just over 400 men, women and children at the mission and we have been serving at the Pacific Garden Mission for 25 years. The serving event tradition has always been on Thanksgiving Eve even back to the very first humble beginnings in 1994 at the Harold Washington College. The guests at Pacific Garden Mission in addition to the staff there have always welcomed us and shared their gratitude toward our volunteers and donors that make this event possible.
Thank you to our volunteers that continue to show up year after year, our donors that continue to support us, and our communities that always embrace us with warmth. We are grateful for you!
Blessings to all!
For more pictures visit our Facebook Album titled, 2024 Thanksgiving at Pacific Garden Mission
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