Where to get a free Thanksgiving meal

Thanksgiving is typically a day when we gather with family and friends to enjoy large portions of turkey, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.

But this isn’t a typical year.

While the day might look different for many of us, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still people in need in the Yuba-sutter-colusa area and local organizations are coming to their aid.

Here’s a list of places those in need can pick up a meal:

– Bethel AME Church in Marysville will be giving free Thanksgiving meals to those in need today, Wednesday, Nov. 25, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at 115 Fifth St., Marysville.

– There will be a free community Thanksgiving dinner served curbside at 202 D St., Marysville, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26.

While the dine-in option has been canceled, there is a curbside option and there is delivery available for high-risk seniors and low-income, physically disadvantaged people.

For more information on delivery, call 645-2003.

The meal is being supported by Habitat for Humanity Yuba-sutter, Yuba-sutter Food Bank, Yuba-sutter-colusa United Way, The Salvation Army, California Water Service Operation

Gobble, Rotary Club, Elks Lodge, Kiwanis Club and Yuba College culinary arts.

– A Hand Up will be serving meals via curbside pickup at the First Presbyterian Church of Colusa, on the corner of Fourth and Jay streets in Colusa, from 11:30 a.m.-noon on Thanksgiving Day.

For more information, call Robin Rauch at 6351060.

– The Williams Community Church will host their annual free Thanksgiving dinner at the church, 315 Ninth St., Williams, from 2-4 p.m. on Thursday.

A turkey meal, featuring food from Granzella’s, served with all the fixings and pie will be available for dine-in or take out.

For more information, call 473-5913.

(Are we missing any free community Thanksgiving meals? Send details – including when, where and who to contact for more information

– to adnewsroom@ appealdemocrat.com by noon today.)