Thanksgiving meal at Rochester Salvation Army

Thanks sean.

New for you on daybreak.

Many families will be staying home tomorrow instead of traveling.

And for people who have nowhere to eat their thanksgiving meal... the rochester salvation army is opening ?

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Kimt news 3's madelyne watkins joins us live this morning to tell us how the annual community thanksgiving dinner is going to look this year.

Good morning, madelyne./// brooke and tyler.

Every year... the rochester salvation army serves hundreds of people on thanksgiving day restaurant style.

Like many other things this year... that's going to look completely different.

One thing remains the same though and that's having a warm place to gather and socialize with one another ?

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This year... volunteers won't be in the kitchen handing out the traditional fixings.

Instead... you can pick up a prepared meal right across the street at chez bojji, bring it to the salvation army and eat inside.

Major lisa mueller tells me while the cdc is advising people to not gather in person this holiday season... she doesn't want to see people eating their thanksgiving meal on the sidewalk.

So the salvation army is working with the public health department to make the celebration as safe as possible by limiting the amount of volunteers, eating in shifts and sanitizing every chance "is this the safest thing we can do for this thanksgiving?

No, but this is the best we can do in these circumstances.

Remember, these people don't have another alternative.

They don't have a home to go to in order to remain completely compliant.

So many of the people who come here are already going to be out of compliance because that's the only choice they have and we're making that as safe as possible here."

You can pick up your meal tomorrow at chez bojji ?

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"*- between noon and 3 pm.

Then come on over here to the red building and have your thanksgiving meal.

Live in rochester.

Madelyne watkins kimt thank you madelyne.

They're asking that not everyone goes right at the start time of noon because they won't be able to seat everyone at once.

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