Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner

In 1962 a local family-owned business started a Thanksgiving tradition to serve a free meal to anyone in the Dubuque community who needed a place at the table, a warm meal, and fellowship for the holiday. The tradition continues to this day, and hundreds of volunteers spend their holiday providing a sit-down dinner or deliveries made to homebound neighbors, shut-ins, disabled individuals, and veterans. Local nonprofits, businesses, colleges, and churches have joined together to make, serve, and deliver food and fellowship across the area.

This event has become a symbol of Dubuque’s reputation as a generous and giving community. Your gifts will ensure that this 100% volunteer event has the resources needed to provide meals and kindness for everyone in Dubuque. This fund will support the partners who are providing the Thanksgiving meals and delivery: The Other Side Bar & Restaurant, University of Dubuque, East Dubuque Lions Club, Dubuque Lions Club, Resources Unite, Dubuque Rescue Mission, Hills & Dales, Crescent Community Health Center, Five Flags, United Way - Dubuque Tri-States, Salvation Army, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, and St. John's Episcopal Church.

If you can volunteer on Thanksgiving, visit www.volunteerdbq.com and search for "Thanksgiving" to find all the volunteer jobs available.

To get a hot meal delivered on Thanksgiving, please call The Other Side Bar & Restaurant at (815) 747-9049.

For full details about the location of the meal sites and other food resources for Thanksgiving, please visit the Feed Dubuque County Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/FeedDBQCo.

Excess dollars remaining in this fund after Thanksgiving will be redistributed to local food providers so they can address ongoing food insecurity in our area.