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Today (Oct. 11) at noon, the organization will be hosting a traditional turkey diner for its current residents. The hot turkey meal will be served at the Mission91裸聊视频檚 Leon Avenue emergency shelter.

Volunteers have been busy cooking 30 turkeys, 16 hams, and 250 pounds of potatoes. The Mission said they are expecting 500 people who will need the holiday meal.

The meal will be served at the shelter, but outreach teams will also deliver food to multiple locations around Kelowna so people who are sheltering outdoors can have their share.

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MLAs Renee Merrifield and Norm Letnick will help serve meals along with MP Tracy Gray.

If you would like to volunteer at the Mission, you can contact them at 250-763-3737.

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