Hundreds Heading to Decatur Jail to Cook Dinner

Hundreds of volunteers will arrive at the DeKalb County Jail in Decatur Wednesday night and cook up a storm to serve the Atlanta area’s homeless.

For the past 44 years, Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless has served 20,000 homeless individuals and working families throughout metropolitan Atlanta who may go hungry or be alone during the holidays.

The annual Thanksgiving dinner will mark the beginning of the organization’s Holiday Dinner Festival of Programs and will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 27, at the Georgia World Congress Center located at 285 International Blvd. NW in Atlanta.

Wednesday evening, starting at 6 p.m., volunteers will arrive at the DeKalb County Jail to begin preparing the meal. Just over 1,000 turkeys, two pallets of dressing and 500 pounds of rice and gravy will be cooked, along with all of the fixings needed for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, the organization said in a news release.

The jail has the largest commercial kitchen in the Atlanta area and has served as a community partner with the organization for the past 10 years. The dinner will begin arriving at 7 a.m. Thursday.

This season’s dinners are sponsored by Arthur Blank and The Arthur M. Blank Foundation and The Law Offices of Kanner and Pintaluga.