Atlanta-based Hosea Feed the Hungry (HFTH), the Southeast’s largest food bank serving families and individuals directly, is partnering with the Georgia Coastal SCLC to host the first annual Thanksgiving dinner for Savannah’s working poor and homeless, called Savannah Hosea Feed the Hungry. On Monday, Nov. 23, approximately 500 families and individuals will be guests at a large Thanksgiving dinner, complete with all the trimmings as well as health screenings, a kids’ corner and entertainm ent. To make this dinner a success, Savannah Hosea Feed the Hungry needs advance donations of turkeys, large No. 10 cans of green beans, corn, candied yams; bread; drinks; bottled water; and financial contributions. Donation boxes will be set up to collect needed items beginning Nov. 4, 2009 at area supermarkets, churches and at the Rev. Dr. Hosea Williams Life Center located at 19 Travis Street, Savannah, Georgia 31406.

Now in its 40th year of serving the needy, HFTH strives to eliminate suffering of the chronically homeless and to prevent homelessness for the working poor through rental assistance and intensive case management. HFTH also works to eradicate child malnutrition by providing families with food and supplies that meet their basic needs while providing programs that empower them to be self reliant. In addition to yearround human services, HFTH hosts four holiday dinners in Atlanta, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday and Easter where thousands are served. For more information about HFTH, go to www.hoseafeedthehungry.co m .

The dinner will take place Monday, Nov. 23, beginning at 5 p.m. The Salvation Army 3000 Bee Rd., Savannah, Georgia 3 1 4 0 4

To make a donation, to volunteer or for more information on the event please go to www.sclcsavannah. org or contact: (912) 349-2908.