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9th Annual
St. Francis de Sales Lebanon Turkey Day 2025
November 26, 2025
St. Francis de Sales Church
7:30 AM - Mass
Warren County Fairgrounds - Building C
9:00 AM - Start Cooking
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Meals Ready for Pickup
~3:00 PM - Finish Cooking and Start Cleanup
Continuing where we left off last year with 250 meals!
A faith filled endeavor, all are welcome to give and receive, we'll be preparing 250 full family meals with deep fried turkeys to give away the day before Thanksgiving. We'd love to have you and yours involved however possible. Come work off your service hours, build camaraderie, make memories, and serve others.
Turkey Preparations
On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, we begin preparing the turkeys for frying with a good rinse, seasoning, and safe keeping for the next day. We learn new skills, meet new friends, and see His work through our hands. This is a great opportunity for junior high and high school teams and organizations to help and get their hands dirty, as well as learn how to prepare a turkey for deep frying.
We'll be hosting at St. Susanna School, 500 Reading Road, Mason, OH 45040 starting at 5:30PM. This is a great way to be involved if you can't get Wednesday off to join the big show.
Building the Meals and Our Community
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, we will gather at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 20 Desales Ave. Lebanon, OH 45036 to pray, then plan to move to the Warren County Fairgrounds to fry, to cook, to box, to be family, to share, and to be grateful for the many gifts we have been given as we provide a complete meal for families in need. At the sister service project in Mason, many families that have received in the past return the next year to help cook and prepare meals for others.
We start with daily Mass at 7:30 AM, then set up and start cooking around 9AM. We should be done cooking by 2 PM, with meals ready for pickup between 11 AM and 3 PM.
Everyone who wants to be involved is welcomed and put to use in some way.
The meals include a fried turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, corn, bread, pumpkin pies, fruit, cranberry sauce, and a personal card of praise along with rosaries made by our families with prayers of thanksgiving. Each meal is planned to feed a family of 6 for a full Thanksgiving Day feast and the ensuing weekend.
The number of meals is defined by the generosity of those who donate to the effort in the weeks before the event. This past year we cooked over 250 meals, and we plan to do the same this year. A meal costs about $50 each on top of the untold contributions of turkey pots, fuel, food for the workers, and other supplies that many bring with them the day of the turkey frying.
Many of our workers have taken a day off work to be part of this experience showing another form of witness to the gifts that are shared on this day. Also, students give up hours of their vacation day.
Your Invitation to Help
If you feel God calling you to participate, here are several ways for you to do so:
Pray for justice and the peace that follows for those in need and those who serve them
Provide a personal financial contribution, making checks payable to either:
Warren County Foundation, with TURKEY DAY on the memo line, mailed to Warren County Foundation, P.O. Box 495, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 OR
Knights of Columbus 14408 and writing TURKEY DAY on the memo line, mailed to St. Francis de Sales 20 Desales Ave., Lebanon OH 45036
Ask if your place of work or other businesses would like to contribute to the Thanksgiving Meals. If you need a short summary for them, please let me know.
Our corporate and personal sponsorship levels are as follows:
Gold Sponsor - $5000 | General Fund Sponsorship | All below below with logo on communications and cooking day banner
Silver Sponsor - $1000 | 1 "Pod" of 4 Fryers and 24 Meals | All below and logo at the center of pod
Bronze Sponsor - $250 | 1 Fryer and 6 meals | Added to prayer list and press releases
Provide supplies – deliver to Adam by November 16th
Lend us or bring your turkey fryers and propane tanks. We will return shortly after.
Volunteering
On Tuesday, prepare the turkeys
On Wednesday,
Attending church to pray for the families we touch and those who are helping
Being part of prayer groups to ensure success for all we are doing
Family time to make rosaries, prayer cards, and other things to go in each box
Frying the turkeys
Preparing the boxes
Praying alongside our fellow community
Clean up crew after 3 PM
NOTE: Teenage service hours are only given for Tuesday night at St. Susanna OR if your service includes clean-up at the end of the day. You can get credit for all day if you are helping, but 2 of your hours must be clean-up.
Please include us in your daily prayers so we continue to do all things for the Glory of God and the good of others
Thanks for being on this journey with us. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know at sfds14408@gmail.com or 513.905.8130.
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