How You Can Help

November 2024 marks the 13th annual Thanksgiving Angels community distribution. 

In 2023, the Thanksgiving Angels served nearly 2,000 households and 7,900 people! This would not have been possible without our many volunteers and your contribution.

This year we expect more meal requests due to the continued impact of rising prices, unemployment, and housing concerns in our community. You can help!

Make a donation.

Each year, the Thanksgiving Angels provide Berkshire County families with uncooked turkeys and the fixings so they can celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving meal in their own homes. You can help make this happen!

Make an online donation using the form on this page, or mail a check.

Please mail check donations to:

Thanksgiving Angels c/o United Church of Christ, Pittsfield
110 South Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

Thank you!

Volunteer.

This incredible effort requires nearly 300 community volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering your time, please visit our online volunteer page. We ask that you do not sign up for more than two shifts in order to allow everyone the opportunity to share their time with us.

All volunteers must be 16 or older. We will follow current COVID protocols; masks are always welcome.

If you have any questions about volunteering or how to sign up, please contact one of our volunteer coordinators:

Bake.

Join the Berkshire Thanksgiving Baking Angels to provide sweet breads to include with the Thanksgiving meal distribution. The need increases every year.

Any type of sweet bread is welcome — banana, zucchini, pumpkin, apple, cranberry orange, blueberry, lemon, etc.

Please bake in disposable pans size 8x4, 9x5, or 2-lb. Wrap well in foil and label the flavor. Baking ahead and freezing breads is fine. NO NUTS!

Information about bread drop-off will be available closer to Thanksgiving.

If you would like to bake and be added to the email list for Berkshire Thanksgiving Baking Angels, please send an email to berkshirethanksgiving@gmail.com (note that this special email is only for people who want to bake!).