Douglas County businesses and organizations feed hungry for Thanksgiving

Were given food.

Many thanksgiving events were canceled this year because of the pandemic.

But some organizations down in douglas county were*determined to keep their traditions alive.

Kezi 9 news reporter evita garza shows us how*one church was able to feed the hungry today -- all while following the safety protocols in place.

Trt: 1:09 00:00 take lower at hillside christian full gospel church in canyonville& volunteers say thanksgiving wouldn be complete without serving their annual free meal to the community.?we feed about 200 people each year?

When the two-week freeze went into effect& pastor larry widener tells me they were determined to find an alternative.

0:19 larry widener, pastor, christian full gospel church:?there a lot of people out there who can get together with their family& and their counting on this meal?

00:27 evita: normally, the church would serve this meal at the riddle community center and allow people to dine in.

However, in order to comply with the governor orders, they created this takeout option instead?

Volunteers are using one window to take people order& then the other window for pick up.

Widener says theye also recruited volunteers to deliver the meals& all over south county.

Canyonville, riddle, tri- city, myrtle creek, days creek?

Despite the pandemic& he grateful they found a way to make this work.?it a bit tougher.

But you know, wee still reaching people?

In roseburg evita garza kezi 9 news.