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On Packing Day, a volunteer sets a jar of gravy into a red basket held by a volunteer in a green sweater, beside a table covered in jars.
$49fills a Thanksgiving basket for six

Thanksgiving 2026

Baskets of Blessings

Help us provide 450 complete Thanksgiving baskets to 2,700 neighbors across DeKalb and Etowah Counties.

  • 450Baskets
  • 2,700Neighbors fed
  • 2Counties: DeKalb and Etowah
  • $22,050Campaign goal

Sponsor a family

$49. Six people. One Thanksgiving table.

Your gift provides a complete Thanksgiving basket so a family can prepare a meal together at home.

  • $10Helps feed one neighbor
  • $49Thanksgiving for one familyOne full basket. Six people.
  • $98Thanksgiving for two families12 people
  • $245Thanksgiving for five families30 people
  • $490Thanksgiving for ten families60 people
  • AnyAny amount you chooseEnter it in the form

Choose your amount in the giving form. Every gift is tax-deductible and stays in Northeast Alabama.

A finished basket in a cart: a turkey, stuffing, canned vegetables, dinner rolls, and a pumpkin pie, wrapped in cellophane and yellow ribbon.
Marked For LifeA finished basket

Inside every basket

A whole Thanksgiving dinner, ready to cook at home.

  1. Turkey
  2. Oven bag for the turkey
  3. Stuffing
  4. Mashed potatoes
  5. Gravy
  6. Green beans
  7. Macaroni and cheese
  8. Cranberry sauce
  9. Dinner rolls
  10. Pie
Sponsor a Family

Churches, workplaces, schools, offices, community groups

Host a Collection Box

Bring Baskets of Blessings to your church, workplace, school, office, or community group. We will provide the collection box and information about the food items we are collecting.

  1. Sign upFill out the short form.
  2. We bring the boxPlus the list of food items we are collecting.
  3. Your group fills itCollect Thanksgiving food with your people.
Host a Collection Box
A volunteer with a white beard carries a red basket of Thanksgiving groceries tucked with orange and yellow tissue paper.
Marked For LifePacking Day

Collection boxes in past years

A smiling woman stands beside a Baskets of Blessings collection box and a bench full of donated stuffing, mashed potatoes, and macaroni and cheese.
Six young volunteers hold up boxes of mashed potatoes, stuffing, and canned green beans around a Baskets of Blessings collection box.
A school group in red and navy shirts gathers under a pavilion behind rows of donated Thanksgiving food.

It takes a community to feed a community.

Two days, 450 baskets, and a place for you on either one.

About sixty Baskets of Blessings volunteers with name tags gather for a group photo in the packing hall.

Packing Day

Volunteers will help sort food, organize supplies, and pack 450 complete Thanksgiving baskets.

Two volunteers with Here to Serve badges smile at Distribution Day, one holding a frozen turkey, beside a table stacked with turkeys.

Distribution Day

Volunteers will help get Thanksgiving baskets into the hands of families throughout DeKalb and Etowah Counties.

Volunteer

One sign-up form for both days.

Need Thanksgiving assistance?

DeKalb and Etowah Counties work differently this year. Find yours below.

DeKalb County

No preregistration

VFW Fairgrounds. Distribution begins at 8:00 AM.

  • One basket per vehicle. No exceptions.
  • No preregistration required.
  • The line may begin forming before 8:00 AM as families arrive.
  • Gates will close once capacity is reached.
  • Please arrive early.

Directions to the VFW Fairgrounds

Etowah County

Preregistration required

Delivered to your doorBaskets will be delivered directly to registered households in need.

Preregistration is required.

Register for an Etowah County Basket

Facing more than a Thanksgiving need? The 24/7 Hope Line answers any hour: 888-789-HOPE.

No empty tables.

Whether you give, collect food, or volunteer your time, you can help make Thanksgiving possible for families throughout our community.

Sponsor a FamilyHost a Collection BoxVolunteer

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Lawrence and Ronnie, volunteers in blue Get Your Hopes Up shirts and food-service gloves, stand behind a table of hamburger buns under a tent.

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Leah and a fellow volunteer hold up canned goods in the Hope Center Market under the chalkboard Market sign.

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