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Legion is ready to deliver its holiday meals

01:00 AM EST on Tuesday, November 21, 2006

WARREN — With over a dozen turkeys on hand and more on the way, the American Legion Auxiliary is gearing up to provide the East Bay’s elderly, homebound, and needy with hot meals on Thanksgiving Day.

Judy Fardig, of Warren Unit 11, says donations for food and supplies are rolling in, but she still needs help.

“We need people; we need volunteers to clean up,” she said.

The group, assisted by members of American Legion Post 104 and the Warren Association of Vietnam Veterans, will also serve a Thanksgiving meal at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, on Metacom Avenue, to those who would prefer to not eat alone on the holiday. Anyone wishing to volunteer, donate, or request a meal should call (401) 245-5431.

This year marks the Auxiliary’s 20th year of serving Thanksgiving meals. Fardig says thinking about the area’s needy keeps her going.

“I just worry about these people that are alone, and they just want a Thanksgiving Dinner,” she said.

Warren is not the only town where organizations are looking for volunteer help to get dinners to those who need them. Here is a rundown:

EAST PROVIDENCE

Food basket donations sought: The East Providence Community Center, 1320 Pawtucket Ave., is looking for donations of nonperishable food, turkeys or food vouchers from local grocery stores to help supplement the Thanksgiving basket drive. All donations need to be delivered to the center by tomorrow.

MIDDLETOWN

Interfaith service: The 32nd annual Community Wide Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve Service will be held tonight in the main sanctuary at Temple Shalom, 221 Valley Rd. This yearly tradition offers neighbors and friends of Aquidneck Island and surrounding communities an opportunity to come together, united, to offer gratitude for the blessings of life.

Participating in the service will be Rabbi Marc S. Jagolinzer, cantor Fredric Scheff and Stephen Martorella of Temple Shalom; the Rev. R. Joseph Tripp Jr. of United Congregational Church; the Rev. Virginia Dinsmore of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church; the Rev. Bill Taylor of Portsmouth United Methodist Church; the Rev. Paul Hanson of the United Baptist Church; the Rev. Eugene McKenna and Deacon John Croy of St. Lucy Roman Catholic Church; and the Rev. Vincent Thompson Jr. of Community Baptist Church.

The sermon will be delivered by Rabbi Jagolinzer, who recently returned from a trip to New Orleans and will speak about his observations of what he experienced and saw in the city 14 months after Hurricane Katrina.

Music for the service will be provided by the Community Baptist Church Choir, St. Lucy’s Music Ministry and the United Congregational Church Quartet.

NEWPORT

Holiday basket applications: The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center will accept donations of food for Thanksgiving food baskets through tomorrow. For information, call Jane Maloney, (401) 846-4828.

Thanksgiving Day meal: The Seamen’s Church Institute, 18 Market Square, will serve a free Thanksgiving dinner Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. All are welcome. For further information, contact Jack Grant, (401) 847-4260.

WARREN

Thanksgiving Day meals: Warren Unit 11 of the American Legion Auxiliary will deliver Thanksgiving Day meals to the elderly, homebound and needy in Barrington, Bristol, Warren and Riverside. Anyone wanting a meal should call (401) 245-5431.Volunteers will also serve a Thanksgiving Day meal in the hall of St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Metacom Avenue, to those who would otherwise be eating alone on the holiday. The meal will be served after the last delivery for the homebound leaves the church, around noon.

MASSACHUSETTS

SWANSEA

Thanksgiving donations sought: The Swansea Council on Aging is seeking donations of nonperishable goods for families in town who may not be able to have a traditional turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day. Canned goods, nonperishable foods and gift cards can be dropped off at the council office, 458 Ocean Grove Ave., today and tomorrow between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. or at the Swansea Fire Department Station 2, Gardner’s Neck Road. Monetary donations will be used to purchase turkeys. Checks can be made payable to the Swansea Community Food Basket Program, with a notation of “holidays” on the memo line.

The council is also in need of volunteers to help sort through donations and make up food baskets, and to help deliver hot meals to shut-ins on Thanksgiving day. To volunteer, call (508) 676-1831. Anyone who will be alone on Thanksgiving Day or is a shut-in and who would like a hot meal delivered should call the same number.

(This story was compiled by Kia Hall Hayes and Christine MacDonald.)