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Cooking & Preparing Fred Jordan Mission's 68th Annual Traditional Thanksgiving Banquet on Skid Row for 2,500 Poor and Homeless Children, Women & Men

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23, 2011
/PRNewswire/ --

    TO:                           All News Assignment Editors
    VISUALS:                       Great opportunity for live feed,
                                   photos and interviews with wonderful
                                   visuals of preparing a traditional
                                   homemade Thanksgiving feast with all
                                   of the trimmings for 2,500 homeless
                                   and impoverished men, women, children
                                   and families

                                   --Fred Jordan Mission staff and
                                   volunteers cooking over 1 1/2 tons of
                                   turkey, 80 gallons of gravy, 585
                                   pounds of green beans, 560 pounds of
                                   candied yams, hundreds of pounds of
                                   traditional stuffing, 400 pumpkin
                                   pies and 220 gallons of fruit punch
                                   for this extraordinary feast
                                   --Preparing a Special Thanksgiving
                                   Day Celebration of Father Dollar
                                   Bill's life (aka Father Maurice
                                   Chase) by preparing to distribute and
                                   hand out to the first 500 poor people
                                   brand new fresh crisp dollar bills in
                                   Father Dollar Bill's honor.
                                   --The financial meltdown has led to a
                                   record increase in the number of poor
                                   and yet has also led to a record
                                   number of volunteers wanting to help
                                   with the growing need and demand.

    WHEN:                          ALL DAY and ALL NIGHT, WEDNESDAY,
                                   NOVEMBER 23, 2011
                                   We'll be cooking all day and all
                                   night, we've got plenty of chef's
                                   hats and aprons to share with
                                   reporters.   We also will be
                                   preparing to hand out individual
                                   dollar bills totaling $500 dollars to
                                   the first 500 guests as a special
                                   tribute to Father Dollar Bill love
                                   and faithfulness to the poor
                                   The special Thanksgiving Banquet for
                                   2,500 poor and homeless children,
                                   women and men and thousands of
                                   volunteers will begin at 10:00am on
                                   Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 24,
                                   2011.  At 10:30am, on behalf of
                                   Father Maurice Chase, $500.00 will be
                                   distributed to the first 500 guests
                                   as a special tribute to Father Dollar
                                   Bill. Mayor Villaraigosa will arrive
                                   at 11:15 am for his traditional
                                   "Prayer for the City" and serving the
                                   poor the Thanksgiving Banquet.
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    WHERE:                         FRED JORDAN MISSION, 445 Towne Avenue,
                                   Skid Row
                                   Los Angeles (corner of Towne and East
                                   5th Street)

SOURCE Fred Jordan Mission