Media Release: Thanksgiving Dinner for 600 Served Today!

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR CONTACT: Michelle Porter
Saturday, October 11, 2008
11:30 am

THE NEWLY MERGED SOULS HARBOUR RESCUE MISSION
partners with MELROSE PLACE NORTH to host THANKSGIVING DINNER FOR 600!

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600 Meals To Be Served by a Certified Chef, including:
Traditional Turkey Dinner
Homemade Cream of Potato Soup
Tossed Salad and Bun
Rice Pudding
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WHAT: Souls Harbour RESCUE Mission serves a hearty Thanksgiving dinner as part of the GREAT THANKSGIVING BANQUET, a feast for the poor, the hungry and the vulnerable. Souls Harbour Rescue Mission will be joining close to 300 Rescue Missions across Canada and the United States in providing about 500,000 meals to homeless and poor people this Thanksgiving.

WHO: To the needy men, women, and children in our community.

WHEN: Saturday, October 11, 2008 11:30 am
(Media arrive at Noon, when serving begins)

WHERE: Good News Chapel at 1380 Elphinstone Street

WHY: “This dinner is a chance to give to the needy and bless them abundantly,” says Aaron Cross, Emergency Services Manager and full time cook at the Soup Kitchen. “We are blessed to have Melrose Place North provide a delicious thanksgiving dinner.”

PHOTO/INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
 Chris Lygouriatis, of Melrose Place North, provide a fully catered meal for the less fortunate.
 Rev Ken & Michelle Porter, Founding Directors of Souls Harbour RESCUE Mission.
 Multi-Cultural Society, Volunteers, Staff, Members of the Board and Women’s Auxiliary continue to donate time and effort to help the Mission feed the city’s hungry and homeless.
 Several LifeChange Program graduates will be there to help serve.

BACKGROUND:
 Souls Harbour founded by Geri Carroll in 1990.
 Regina Rescue Mission founded by Rev Ken & Michelle Porter in 2000.
 Merger of two charities now called, Souls Harbour RESCUE Mission in January 2007!


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