There are so many places donating FREE Thanksgiving meals, in the hopes that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving here in Ocean County.

Thanksgiving is a time for family, love, friends, donations, and a turkey and its fixings. Most of these places donating Thanksgiving meals on this special day are eat-in or take-out.

Here's the LIST OF FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN OCEAN COUNTY PROVIDING FREE THANKSGIVING MEALS, according to fulfill.org:

TOMS RIVER:

*Holy Cross Lutheran Church, located at 1500 Hooper Avenue, will have a curbside pick-up on Thanksgiving Day, November 25th, 2021 from 10 am - 1 pm. Please call 732-255-4455 to reserve your meal.

*The Salvation Army / Hearty Helpings located at 1738 Rt. 37 E., will have meals to go with turkeys and sides and everyone is welcome. They will be handing out these free meals on Wednesday, November 24th, 2021 at 12:00 pm.

FORKED RIVER:

*The Lacey United Methodist Church will have a community dinner starting at 1:00 pm in the dining hall of the church located at 203 West Lacey Road on Thanksgiving, November 25th, 2021. Everyone is welcome.

OCEAN GATE:

*A free Thanksgiving Day meal will be offered as a sit-down, pick-up, or delivery on November 25th, 2021 from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at Adrian Hall, 27 East Cape May Avenue. Please call 732-288-4706, 732-687-7546, or 732-824-3578 to reserve your meal.

SEASIDE HEIGHTS:

*Simon's Soup Kitchen - a free Thanksgiving Day meal will be available at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Hall at Grant and Central Avenues from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm with take-out meals only. Everyone is welcome for take-out.

PT. PLEASANT BEACH:

*St. Gregory's will be serving at Point Pleasant Elks Lodge located at 820 Arnold Ave., on Thanksgiving Day, November 25th, 2021 from 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm. All are welcome and please call to reserve your spot at 732-892-8105.

**If you know of any more places donating free Thanksgiving Day meals to the community, please email me sue.moll@townsquaremedia.com.

This is truly an awesome way to reach out to the community. And, to all the volunteers helping out on this day, YOU ARE AMAZING. "Thank YOU."

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