Pilgrims from Primrose Academy, with their teacher, take a photo together after a morning of hard work putting Thanksgiving boxes together on a Saturday morning before Thanksgiving last year.

On Thanksgiving morning, November 26th, 2026, beginning at 8:00 a.m., the Mission Arlington^® family will deliver turkeys, hams, food baskets, and cooked meals to the homes of almost 7,000 families. In 2025, 27,449 people (6,908 families) received a Thanksgiving meal. Turkeys and Thanksgiving food are needed.

How you can help

1. Turkeys & Thanksgiving Food – hams, stuffing mix, canned fruit, canned sweet potatoes, canned pie filling, cranberry sauce, box/mashed potatoes, macaroni & cheese, beans/rice, tuna, peanut butter, rolls, pie crust – or anything else that goes with a Thanksgiving turkey. (Click this LINK to learn more.)
2. Volunteers before Thanksgiving Day – to pack & prepare Thanksgiving baskets, receive, sort, organize, and distribute incoming Thanksgiving food. Anytime between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday-Saturday. 
3. Volunteers on Thanksgiving Day – Be at the Mission office by 8:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning to deliver food to families in need.

Quick Reference to more Holiday Events

Click the links below to discover more information about the next round of holiday ministries.

• Fall Festival 2026 – October 24th, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; To learn more details about this event, and /or to discover ways you can provide support, click here. 
• Christmas 2026 – December 12th – December 23rd (excluding Sundays) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day, except for the last Day, December 23rd when the store will close at noon.  More info? Click here. For gift ideas, click here. 
• Easter 2027 – Easter Egg Hunt: Saturday, March 27th, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., click here for more info.

Thank you so much for your support!

Each major event we do, like the ones listed above, generally take a year in advance to get ready. For example, we receive school supplies, Christmas toys, and Thanksgiving food all year long, setting it aside until “the day” arrives.

As you may know, it isn’t at all unusual to have groups sorting and moving Christmas toys in the summer months, because that’s just what it takes to get ready. We work all year long on each holiday event.

So, we can do all of these things to help people in our community, because of your generosity and the faithful way you provide finances, food, Christmas toys, school supplies, and so much more. We are so grateful for you!

Your prayers make a difference, and we appreciate not just the way you give your time when you volunteer, but also the opportunity to work alongside of you day by day. You make it EASY to care for people. Thank you. To God be the glory!