2025 Food At First 38th Community-wide THANKSGIVING MEAL

Thursday November 27, 2025 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

THANKSGIVING 2025

Location: 611 Clark, First Christian Church, Ames, IA (across from Ames Police Station). Dine-in, carry-out or delivery.

Gather and …

Food at First Thanksgiving 3 choices: dine in, carry out or delivery. Note that Thanksgiving is the only day Food at First delivers. Food at First is Thankful for its many volunteers today and every day, the many donations and gifts, the thousands of hours of dedicated volunteers, every day, all year, and all the people that Food at First helps to make life a brighter safer place. So much to be grateful and give thanks for!

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S T A T S – T H A N K S G I V I N G – 2 0 2 4 – Last Year

2024 Meals

• Total meals served in 2024 Thanksgiving: 950 !!
• 437 meals delivered
• 339 take home meals
• 174 eat in meals
• 150+ volunteers

2024 Food

• 48 Turkeys
• 4 Tofurkey
• 550 lbs potatoes
• 6 giant pans gravy
• 30 pans Stuffing
• 18 pans Green Bean casserole
• 100 lbs corn
• Lots of squash
• 100 lbs cranberry sauce
• 850 dinner rolls (not everyone wants one)
• 3 large tubs homemade Applesauce
• Lots of grapes
• 2,064 Pumpkin bars (we double stack)
• 175 lbs Cream Cheese frosting

2024 Leftovers:

• 4 pans stuffing
• 3 pans turkey
• 4 pans squash
• 1 pan green bean casserole
• 0 mashed potatoes
• 4 pans pumpkin bars
• 50 servings cranberry sauce