Thanksgiving Week Meals in Albuquerque

November 20 (Saturday)
10:30 am to 3:00 pm -- Chava Trucking Company Thanksgiving Dinner, 409 Clark Road SW (2-1/2 miles south of Rio Bravo off of 2nd Street).  Shuttle service will be provided, beginning at 10:30 am, at St. Martin’s Hospitality Center, Good Shepherd, Albuquerque. Rescue Mission, Project Share, Noon Day, Salvation Army Temple (on Broadway & Lead), and Joy Junction

11:30 am to 1:00 pm -- Thanksgiving meal at Restoration Ministries, 824 San Mateo SE (south of Zuni, between Southern & Trumble, parking lot & entrance to building on Ortiz).

Will also be serving regular meal on Sat., Nov. 27th (normal hours)

November 22 (Monday)
6:00 pm – Pre-Thanksgiving meal at Joy Junction

November 23 (Tuesday)

Noon Day Ministries is open for services (9:00 to 11:00 am), but will not serve lunch

10:30 am to 2:00 pm – Albuquerque Rescue Mission’s Thanksgiving meal (no breakfast or dinner)

11:00 am to 2:00 pm – Thanksgiving dinner at the Albuquerque Indian Center, 105 Texas SE

November 24 (Wednesday)

Noon Day Ministries  is open for services (9:00 to 11:00 am), but will not serve lunch

Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless will be open ALL DAY this Wednesday.

11:00 am to 2:00 pm – Joy Junction’s Thanksgiving meal at the Convention Center downtown (get free tickets at various shelters for reserved meal times)

Thanksgiving Day (Thursday)
There will be a sunrise ceremony (approximately 6:45 am) in honor of Native peoples at the Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice, on the corner of Harvard & Silver (1 block east of Yale, 1 block south of Central), followed by a Fall Harvest brunch starting around 8:00 am

8:30 to 9:30 am -- brunch at Good Shepherd (only meal that day at Good Shepherd)

St. Martin’s Hospitality Center,  Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, and Noon Day Ministries are closed

11:00 am to 3:00 pm – Thanksgiving meal at La Mesa Presbyterian Church, 7401 Copper NE (north of Central, east of Louisiana)

11:00 am to 2:00 pm – Thanksgiving meal at Salvation Army, 4301 Bryn Mawr Dr. NE (on Pan American Fwy, the frontage road off of Montgomery just east of I-25)

2:00 to 6:00 pm – Thanksgiving dinner at Joy Junction

4:00 to 6:00 pm – Thanksgiving dinner at ProjectShare

5:00 to 6:00 pm – regular dinner at Albuquerque Rescue Mission (no breakfast that day, but opens at 1:30)


November 26 (Friday)
An Indigenous Day to Celebrate Thanksgiving:  From Surviving to Thriving– a day of prayer, ceremony, celebration, food and fun! from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm at the Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice at Silver & Harvard SE -- offered by Rain Cloud LC-17

Most homeless services sites will be on regular schedule on Friday the 26th.  Regular day for Noon Day Ministries, including lunch.  But St. Martin’s Hospitality Center and  Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless will be closed.

Volunteer Opportunities

La Mesa Presbyterian Church (7401 Copper NE -- north of Central, east of Louisiana) hosts a huge feast each year on Thanksgiving Day from 11:00 to 3:00 pm.  Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, starting at 2:00 pm and into the evening, volunteers are needed to sort clothing and other set-up tasks.  No need to call; just show up.  Then, on Thanksgiving Day, volunteers are needed early for set-up and food prep (7 to 9am or 9 to 11am) and late (3 to 5pm) for cleanup, also to deliver meals to homebound people and people who are homeless, and to staff tables any time from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm for clothing & blanket give-away or help with kids’ activities (Spanish speakers are particularly helpful in these areas).  No need to sign up, just arrive at the church when you want to help out, and ask for Mary Jane or one of her assistants.  If you have any questions, you can call Mary Jane at 265-6894 after 7:00 pm Sun-Fri, or any time on Sunday.

Thursday morning (Thanksgiving day), the Albuquerque. Peace & Justice Center, 202 Harvard SE (corner of Harvard/Silver) will host a sunrise ceremony honoring indigenous people, followed by a Fall brunch (around 8 am).  The help that is most needed is food for the brunch, esp. cooked turkeys (or other meat) and side dishes.  Please bring food that morning by 8:00 or 8:30 am, already prepared.  You can also bring coats/hats/gloves, shoes, socks, warm clothing, blankets, sleeping bags and backpacks to give away to folks who are currently “unhoused.”

“From Surviving to Thriving, a day of prayer, ceremony, celebration, food and fun!” will be offered by Rain Cloud LC17 from 12:00 noon to 4 pm on Friday, Nov. 26th at the Albuquerque Peace & Justice Center, 202 Harvard SE.  Rain Cloud is New Mexico’s Behavioral Health Collaborative (#17) “for off-reservation Indians.”  Many of the members are currently homeless and the feast is held on Friday so that folks can get there by bus.  Volunteers and food are needed, as this will be a large gathering!  “Gift bags for Homeless Indians” will also be given out that day.  Kitchen volunteers are needed, including cooks (other needs are listed on the attached).  To get involved, contact Gwen Packard at gwenpack@gmail.com or Donna Kipp at 315-6498 or cantemaza4@hotmail.com Or, just bring food that day to share (already prepared – can be heated up in the Peace Center kitchen) and/or stay to help out.  You can also bring coats/hats/gloves, shoes, socks, warm clothing, blankets, sleeping bags and backpacks to give away to the folks there who are currently “unhoused.”

Paul Fredrickson, Service Coordinator for MacManagement, Inc., needs 15-20 volunteers to deliver food to homebound tenants of seven low-income apartment complexes on Thanksgiving morning, 9:30 to 11:30 am. Call Paul at 401-3628 or e mail him at paul@macinc.net