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Thanksgiving: Where to find free Dayton area meals, food distributions

CareSource volunteers loading boxes of food at the Dixie-Twin Drive-in food distribution.
Alejandro Figueroa
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WYSO
CareSource volunteers loading boxes of food at the Dixie-Twin Drive-in food distribution.

Here's a list of Dayton area nonprofits that will distribute hot meals and food boxes ahead of Thanksgiving 2023:

Miami Valley Meals:
Miami Valley Meals will host its fourth annual Turkey Takeaway meals across six locations in the Dayton area.

The meals will include pre-sliced turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole and dessert. The meals are free and for anyone who needs it. There will be single-serving and multi-serving half-pan meals available. All meals will be frozen and will need to be reheated in an oven.

The distribution will be the day before Thanksgiving, Wednesday, November 22.

The locations include:

  • University of Dayton Arena
    1801 S Edwin C Moses Blvd, Dayton, OH 45417
    9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
  • Trotwood-Madison High School
    4440 N Union Rd, Trotwood, OH 45426
    9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
  • Omega Baptist Church
    1821 Emerson Ave, Dayton, OH 45406
    12:00 to 2:00 pm
  • EJ Brown Middle School
    31 Willowwood Dr, Dayton, OH 45405
    12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
  • Fairborn Phoenix Theater
    34 S Broad St, Fairborn, OH 45324
    12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
  • Have a Gay Day
    1902 Needmore Rd, Dayton, OH 45414
    12:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Simple Street Ministry:
Simple Street will host its fourth annual Thanksgiving dinner at the Levitt Pavilion in Dayton. The dinner includes turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans and a roll of pumpkin pie.

It’s at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18. On 134 S. Main St.

Dayton Unit NAACP:
The Dayton Unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will host a Thanksgiving Turkey giveaway for families Friday, Nov 17 at the NAACP Dayton Headquarters located at 915 Salem Ave. The distribution is from 3 p.m to 6 p.m.

House of Bread:
House of Bread is a community kitchen that serves hot nutritious lunchtime meals every day of the year.

The nonprofit is open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every day at 9 Orth Ave.

Dayton Foodbank:
The Foodbanks’s Wednesday drive-thru will not be Thanksgiving-specific but it will be open to anyone who needs food the day before the holiday, according to Foodbank representatives.

It’s from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Nov. 22 at 56 Armor Place.

With God’s Grace:
With God’s Grace will be distributing 1,000 whole chickens and side dishes at their 622 Springfield St. address in Dayton from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m on Nov. 19.

If you'd like to add group or distribution to the list please email Alejandro Figueroa at afigueroa@wyso.org.

Alejandro Figueroa covers food insecurity and the business of food for WYSO through Report for America — a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. Alejandro particularly covers the lack of access to healthy and affordable food in Southwest Ohio communities, and what local government and nonprofits are doing to address it. He also covers rural and urban farming

Email: afigueroa@wyso.org
Phone: 937-917-5943