Local Thanksgiving dinner, cold weather shelters available for those in need

CRESTVIEW — Area organizations will offer a fresh, hot Thanksgiving meal and shelter for cold weather to those experiencing homelessness.

Thanksgiving Day meals will be served as follows:

•Mike Carroll of Hub City Smokehouse will serve a Thanksgiving-style buffet at the restaurant, located at 168 S. Main St. in Crestview.

He has provided 300 free meal tickets for the homeless to area pastors and Ann Sprague of the Crestview Area Shelter for the Homeless. Contact Sprague, 398-5670, or local pastors, to get a ticket.

•The Community of Christ church will also serve a free Thanksgiving dinner for the homeles from 11 a.m. to noon Nov. 22 at 398 First Ave. W in Crestview.

Sprague, provided information regarding shelters and meal locations. Share this information with those who might be in need.

The following Crestview shelters open at 6 p.m. and close at 7 a.m. when temperatures are 40 degrees or below.

Sunday: Lifepoint Church, 400 Ferdon Blvd. S, 682-3518.

Monday: Helping Hands house, 428 McLaughlin Ave., 398-5670. Hosted by Emmanuel Baptist Church.

Tuesday and Wednesday: Community of Christ, 398 First Ave. W., 682-7474. Hosted by Joy Fellowship.

Thursday: Helping Hands house, hosted by Woodlawn Baptist Church, 398-5670.

Friday: The Full Gospel Restoration Full Gospel Church, 383 Texas Parkway, 682-6029.

Saturday: Helping Hands house, hosted by First United Methodist Church, 398-5670.

The shelter also requests the following donations: cots, blankets, gloves, and cold weather hats. 

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