‘Valley Thanksgiving Blessing’ food distribution is Nov. 23

MAT-SU — Celebrate your blessings this season by sharing your bounty with neighbors this year through the Valley Thanksgiving Blessing project. The community has pooled its food resources and will give away food baskets at six locations around the Valley from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nov. 23. Distribution locations are by ZIP code. People must bring proof of address with them to the distribution site.

If you would like to help with this year’s Valley Thanksgiving Blessing, cash, food donations and volunteers are needed. Contact individual sites to volunteer.

Donate food at any Valley food bank, including those in Palmer and Wasilla.

Suggested donations include aluminum roasting pans, canned vegetables, cranberry sauce, 12 packs of dinner rolls, gravy mix, pies, pounds of butter/margarine and stuffing mix.

Cash donations of $15 will buy a turkey, $45 will provide a complete Thanksgiving dinner. Make checks payable to Wasilla Bible Church and note on the memo line that it is for Valley Thanksgiving Blessing.

Food distribution sites are:

• Faith Bible Fellowship, 892-8545

14159 W. Hollywood Rd., Big Lake

Distribution for residents in ZIP code: 99652

• Fellowship Lutheran Church, 733-2710

Mile 1.1, Petersville Rd, Trapper Creek

Distribution for residents in ZIP code: 99683

• Wasilla Bible Church, 376-2176

1651 W. Nicola Ave., Wasilla

Distribution for residents in ZIP codes: 99623, 99629, 99654, 99687, 99694

• Real Life Church, 745-5673

10697 E. Palmer-Wasilla Hwy., Palmer

Distribution for residents in ZIP code: 99645, 99674

• Upper Susitna Senior Center, 733-2710

16463 E. Helena St., Mile 98.5, Parks Hwy., Talkeetna

Distribution for residents in ZIP code: 99676, 99667

• Willow United Methodist Church, 495-6638

Mile 67.5, Parks Highway, Willow

Distribution for residents in ZIP code: 99688