Thanksgiving Project 2025

Thursday, November 20th

at First Grace United Methodist Church

3401 Canal Street

2:30 - 6:30 PM

The Thanksgiving Basket Project is a joint venture with the Rotary Club of New Orleans, First Grace United Methodist Church and the Warren Easton Interact Club.  Participants will pack and distribute baskets to 150 needy families in the New Orleans area.  The list of recipients is provided by First Grace, and is comprised of names from not only their membership, but also from the following organizations:  NO/AIDS Task Force – Transitional Housing, Hagar’s House, residents of Tivoli Circle, St. Paul UMC, and the New Orleans Worker Center for Racial Justice.

Each basket is designed to help feed a family for the week of Thanksgiving, especially considering that children will be out of school during that time.

This year’s event distribution will take place on Thursday, November 20th at First Grace.  The sorting and packing of food items will take place from 2:30 – 4:30 PM.  The distribution of baskets to recipients will be from 4:30 – 6:30 PM.

**The event this year will be Mask Optional.

**It is recommended that volunteers bring a pair of work gloves.

**As has been the case for the past three years, we will not be asking for physical food donations from our membership.  Monetary donations will be appreciated.  Link to Donate

Please volunteer to help with this extremely worthwhile project at Link to Volunteer or go to the Club Runner’s volunteer link directly.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call or text Angele Burns at 314-363-1555.

We are looking forward to joining with you to create another successful event with First Grace United Methodist Church.  This project truly does MAKE A DIFFERENCE in our community!

Yours in the Spirit of Rotary,

Angele Thibodeaux Burns &

Mary L. Bonfanti