By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

When you’re grocery shopping this Saturday, you’ll notice volunteers from Celebration Community Church near the doors of both Dillons stores and Walmart.

They’ll be collecting food items Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.  The donations will be bagged next Wednesday, Nov. 26, and then given to people attending Thursday’s annual Thanksgiving Day Feast at the Rose Garden Banquet Hall, 2350 E. Eighth.

The free meal has been a 20-year tradition in Hays. It was taken over seven years ago by the Ellis County Ministerial Alliance, according to Celebration Community Church Pastor Kyle Ermoian.

“Last year, we filled 365 bags with the community’s food donations,” Ermoian said. “We feed them sumptuously on Thanksgiving Day, and they’ll be given a bagful of groceries to last the next couple of weeks.”

First Call for Help is scheduling all the volunteers for next Wednesday and Thursday. To help, call (785)-623-2800.