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Thanksgiving at God’s Love

Thanksgiving 2020 Photo by Rommel Demano COVID-19

Thanksgiving is a very special time at God’s Love for our volunteers, staff, and clients, and we want YOU to be involved! Join us in the kitchen in November for additional food prep shifts, decorate holiday bags from home, or deliver meals on Thanksgiving with friends and family. Volunteers will pick up meals from distribution centers located in each borough of NYC and deliver them directly to clients’ homes. Every hour you spend helps us make the holiday a cheerful and memorable time for our clients.

Volunteer positions for Thanksgiving 2022 include:

  • Driver – volunteers will use their own vehicles to deliver meals to 6-8 households, all in proximity to each other.
  • On-Site Assistant

In addition to delivering holiday meals, volunteers will deliver a special Thanksgiving bag filled with holiday treats.

Read the blog post about our 2021 Thanksgiving here. Looking for another way to support God’s Love? Sponsor a holiday meal for just $10 here!

 

Watch our 2021 Thanksgiving Celebration Here

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Thanksgiving 2020

Published on Nov 30, 2020

How To: Thanksgiving Deliveries

Published on Jan 24, 2019

On Thanksgiving, more than 1,000 volunteers help us home-deliver thousands of delicious Thanksgiving meals to our clients, their children, their senior caregivers, and their guests. See how it works and save the date for next year!

Thanksgiving 2018

Published on Nov 29, 2018

On Thanksgiving 2018 we worked with 1,300 volunteers to cook and deliver 6,500 delicious Thanksgiving meals to our clients, their children, their senior caregivers, and their guests. Our biggest thanks to our community who came together to make this happen!

Thanksgiving 2017

Published on Nov 27, 2018

Thanksgiving 2017 was our biggest Thanksgiving ever, and one we won't soon forget. Over 1,000 volunteers helped us cook and home-deliver 5,500 beautiful Thanksgiving meals to over 3,000 households. We are grateful for their big hearts and helping hands. Thank you to everyone who made last year's holiday such a big, wonderful, and festive success!

Thanksgiving 2014 -- in Brooklyn!

Thanksgiving is a very special time at God's Love We Deliver. We work with over 1,000 volunteers to help us cook and delivery nearly 4,000 special holiday meals, complete with all the trimmings! This year we celebrated Thanksgiving in our temporary Brooklyn location. Meet our client, Sarah, and our volunteers Ivy and watch the holiday action!

1995 Christmas holiday meal delivery news coverage with God's Love We Deliver

Published on Dec 25, 1995

Check out our coverage on Christmas day 1995 on Channel 2, WPIX 11, and Fox 5.

Crafting with Love during the Holidays

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Or feel free to contact our Volunteer Office via email at volunteer@glwd.org or telephone at 212.294.8158.