Bread Basket offers pickup and delivery
Though area residents will not be able to gather for a community meal on Thanksgiving day this year, the Bread Basket of Waupaca is offering a Thanksgiving dinner by pickup and delivery two days ahead of the holiday.
From 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, the Bread Basket will supply anyone in need of a meal with a chicken breast, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, vegetables, a dinner roll, fruit salad and a dessert.
Volunteers will prepare the meals for carryout from the Bread Basket’s usual location at First United Methodist Church, 720 Demarest Ave., Waupaca.
Deliveries will also be available from the church for this meal with assistance from the Chain O’ Lakes Ministerial Association.
Those who wish to request a delivery should call Trinity Lutheran Church at 715-258-7688 by noon on Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Organizers also encourage those who wish to pick up meals to call ahead and reserve them.
The to-go dinner takes the place of the traditional Thanksgiving day meal that has been held for more than three decades for Waupaca area residents who are in financial need or alone for the holiday.
With the COVID-19 crisis keeping people from eating together this year, the churches of the ministerial association turned to the Bread Basket to offer the meal at the organization’s usual Tuesday time with an expanded number of meals and a delivery option.
The Bread Basket is in its 21st year of feeding people of the area and has been offering carryout dinners this year amid the pandemic.
Those wishing to support the effort may send donations to Bread Basket Ministry, P.O. Box 364, Waupaca, WI 54981.
Adapting another local tradition, local churches in the association are collaborating for an ecumenical Thanksgiving Eve worship service – this time online.
Leaders from St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Camp Tamarack, Trinity Lutheran Church and the Waupaca Area Regional Ministry of the United Methodist Church will co-officiate a video service that will stream from the participating churches beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25.
The Chain O’ Lakes Ministerial Association has held an ecumenical service each Thanksgiving Eve since 2012.