Cincinnati Charities Donate Hundreds of Meals to the Needy for Thanksgiving

Multiple charities in Cincinnati are working to ensure that everyone enjoys a warm 🦃Thanksgiving meal this holiday season.

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According to WCPO 9, Freestore Foodbank and Fifth Third Bank are teaming up with the Cincinnati Bengals NFL team to provide 2,000 holiday meal kits at the Fifth Third Bank in Madisonville on Tuesday.

This comes as The American Farm Bureau estimates the cost of a 🦃Thanksgiving dinner is up 25% from 2019.

BLOC Ministries is also offering meal kits. They also hosted a hot meal Sunday in collaboration with Peoples Church, Crossroads Church, Hamilton County Public Health, and other organizations.

The event was created to offer people a place to come together before the holiday. All attendees were then given a box of food to take home and prepare on 🦃Thanksgiving Day.

Chris Staser, director of operations at BLOC Ministries, said, “Anytime you bring food, there’s going to be conversation and gathering and community that comes around that.”

He also noted that he has witnessed an increase in the amount of people in need this year, which makes these efforts all the more necessary.