Island churches, nonprofit organizations, Stop & Shop and countless volunteers teamed up to provide over 400 Thanksgiving meals to Vineyard families in need this past weekend.

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It was a bustling scene at the parish house behind First Baptist Church on Friday afternoon as volunteers organized and packaged Thanksgiving meals for families in need. Serving Hands provides monthly food distribution and on holidays the Family to Family program joins in to add holiday meals to the distribution.

Serving Hands Food Distribution will be open during the summer at the First Baptist Church parish house in Vineyard Haven.

Summer produce will be donated to the Island's Serving Hands food distribution program from CSA shares at Island farms. And to meet the new supply and the ever-increasing demand, produce will be given away every Friday.