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Updated With Photos: Volunteers Will Pack 400 Thanksgiving Food Baskets At Union Gospel Mission To Help Local Families (Photo) - 11/22/19

For Immediate Release                                                Contact: Courtney Dodds

November 22, 2019                                                     503-274-4483 x505

                                                                                    971-275-2334 (cell)

Volunteers Will Pack 400 Thanksgiving Food Baskets at Union Gospel Mission to Help Local Families

Portland, Ore., - Union Gospel Mission will be packing and distributing 400 Thanksgiving baskets to families and individuals in need in partnership with local churches and other non-profits. Each basket includes a certificate for a turkey that can be redeemed at a local grocer plus all the ingredients for a complete Thanksgiving meal, including dessert.

Volunteers will be packing the Thanksgiving baskets at 15 NW Third Avenue in Portland on Saturday, November 23rd from 9 am-11 am. Baskets will be distributed from 10:30 am- 12:30 pm the same day to local non-profits, churches, those in need in the neighborhood.

“This is one of my favorite days of the year because I see the volunteers working so hard to put the 400 baskets together and then on the same day see our guests receive the baskets with such grateful hearts. It’s a great day!!” Lori Quinney, Food Service Director for Union Gospel Mission.

“Many families and individuals in our community do not have the means to afford a Thanksgiving meal. It is a privilege to offer a full Thanksgiving meal to people who may not otherwise enjoy one.” Adam Moore, Homeless Services Director Union Gospel Mission

If you would like to help provide Thanksgiving baskets to local families donations can be made at www.ugmportland.org/donate or mailed to 3 NW Third Avenue Portland, OR 97209

There will be opportunities for interviews, photos and video.

About Union Gospel Mission: Union Gospel Mission’s purpose is “Feeding the hungry, restoring the addict and loving our neighbor.” Union Gospel Mission has been serving Portland since 1927. Union Gospel Mission provides meals and care for the homeless and operates LifeChange -- a transformative recovery program for men, women and children. Contact Union Gospel Mission at 503-274-4483 or ugmportland.org and @ugmpdx.

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Attached Media Files: Church Partners , Volunteers, Volunteer , Volunteers, Volunteer,

Updated With Photos: Volunteers Will Pack 400 Thanksgiving Food Baskets At Union Gospel Mission To Help Local Families (Photo) - 11/22/19

For Immediate Release                                                Contact: Courtney Dodds

November 22, 2019                                                     503-274-4483 x505

                                                                                    971-275-2334 (cell)

Volunteers Will Pack 400 Thanksgiving Food Baskets at Union Gospel Mission to Help Local Families

Portland, Ore., - Union Gospel Mission will be packing and distributing 400 Thanksgiving baskets to families and individuals in need in partnership with local churches and other non-profits. Each basket includes a certificate for a turkey that can be redeemed at a local grocer plus all the ingredients for a complete Thanksgiving meal, including dessert.

Volunteers will be packing the Thanksgiving baskets at 15 NW Third Avenue in Portland on Saturday, November 23rd from 9 am-11 am. Baskets will be distributed from 10:30 am- 12:30 pm the same day to local non-profits, churches, those in need in the neighborhood.

“This is one of my favorite days of the year because I see the volunteers working so hard to put the 400 baskets together and then on the same day see our guests receive the baskets with such grateful hearts. It’s a great day!!” Lori Quinney, Food Service Director for Union Gospel Mission.

“Many families and individuals in our community do not have the means to afford a Thanksgiving meal. It is a privilege to offer a full Thanksgiving meal to people who may not otherwise enjoy one.” Adam Moore, Homeless Services Director Union Gospel Mission

If you would like to help provide Thanksgiving baskets to local families donations can be made at www.ugmportland.org/donate or mailed to 3 NW Third Avenue Portland, OR 97209

There will be opportunities for interviews, photos and video.

About Union Gospel Mission: Union Gospel Mission’s purpose is “Feeding the hungry, restoring the addict and loving our neighbor.” Union Gospel Mission has been serving Portland since 1927. Union Gospel Mission provides meals and care for the homeless and operates LifeChange -- a transformative recovery program for men, women and children. Contact Union Gospel Mission at 503-274-4483 or ugmportland.org and @ugmpdx.

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Attached Media Files: Church Partners , Volunteers, Volunteer , Volunteers, Volunteer,