Crestview AMVETS to provide free Christmas dinners

AMVETS Post 35 members will provide free Christmas dinners — including turkey, baked ham, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans and whole kernel corn, pie and a roll — to North Okaloosa County residents in need. (Pixabay)

CRESTVIEW — Residents in need can still enjoy a full Christmas dinner due to local volunteers’ efforts.

AMVETS Post 35, Ladies Auxiliary, Sons of AMVETS and AMVETS Riders have shared Christmas dinner with area residents in need since 1990. 

This year, volunteers will again deliver meals in the area from Shoal River in the east and south, Yellow River to the west and Auburn Road to the north. 

The menu includes turkey, baked ham, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans and whole kernel corn, pie and a roll.

If you would like a meal delivered to you at no charge, call 682-8435 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Include your name, address, phone number and how many meals you will need. If you wish to pick up the meals, let volunteers know how many you will need.

“We ask that you make your meal requests prior to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22,” an event spokesperson said.

Volunteers will deliver meals sometime between 10:30 a.m. and noon on Dec. 25, Christmas Day.

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