The Souls Harbour Rescue Mission is providing free Christmas meals to those in need across Nova Scotia.
A Nova Scotia charity is planning to serve at least 600 free traditional dinners over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The Souls Harbour Rescue Mission is offering a sit-down turkey dinner with all the fixings for people who need “food or friends” at its locations across the province. It’s the first time the group is serving holiday meals since it started providing community service in 2010.
Michelle Porter, the CEO, says the charity has been raising funds for Christmas festivities since November and estimates the cost of its events during the holiday season will be around $1 million. Meals will differ slightly at mission across the province, but Porter says all plates will have turkey, potatoes, cranberry, gravy and some vegetables. As well, people who attend will receive a Christmas stocking that includes a mini hygiene set and a few treats like chocolate, gloves and socks. In the Halifax suburb of Lower Sackville on Tuesday, men, women and children of all ages lined up for food at the Souls Harbour mission. They chatted about the recent snowfall and how the region was in for its first white Christmas in several years. Marni Yuke, the chief program officer at the charity, estimated that her group will feed about 120 people in Lower Sackville on Christmas Eve. She said the preparations for the event started the previous day with volunteers coming together to prep veggies and cook turkeys. “The holidays can be a really difficult time for some people, whether they have difficult relationships with family or have lost a loved one over the years. We like to have a safe place where people can come and just have a really warm meal, warm environment and feel the love,” Yuke said in an interview at the even
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