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PROPER THANKSGIVING 2022

Join us on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 24th from Noon to 4PM at Celebration Tabernacle located at 8131 N. Denver Ave, Portland OR 97217.

The Proper Thanksgiving Feast-ival is a beloved Kenton tradition for over 20 years. In fact, this will be the 23rd year of us offering a home-away-from-home Thanksgiving community meal! The Proper Thanksgiving Feast-ival is completely FREE and open to everyone! Whether you come every year, or you’re joining us for the first time, we will be glad to see you.

The Proper Thanksgiving Feast-ival features music, entertainment, kids’ activities, an inclusive community experience, and great food. We offer vegetarian options, too. Hosted in a wheelchair-accessible space.

We partner with local restaurants to bring you a fresh and delicious Thanksgiving feast. In 2022, we’re pleased to announce that we’re partnering once again with Po’Shines Cafe de la Soul! We’ll have an awesome team bring you a top-quality menu, carefully composed of traditional Thanksgiving favorites and innovative new dishes. We offer vegetarian options too!

Proper depends on our neighbors to support our mission of uniting community across all lines. We receive support from local businesses, community foundations, individual donors, and volunteers. If you or your organization would like to get involved with Proper, we look forward to speaking with you.

Proper is committed to a diverse Kenton as part of our greater mission. Like all Proper events, the Proper Thanksgiving Feast-ival is a safe space for all community members, regardless of race, class, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, ability, nation of origin, age, or religion.

GENERAL CONTACT: Robin Gordon 503-890-5393, [email protected]
VOLUNTEERS: Amy Close.  We’ll have a signup.com link available soon.
FOOD, donations: Robin Gordon 503-890-5393, [email protected]

Leaders, Proper Thanks you

Michael, Amy, John Thompson, Naomi, John Tolbert and Tamara Tolbert, without your leadership, this thanksgiving event would be absolutely impossible!  Thank you so much taking leadership to ensure the community is fed. Pastor Ron Hoffman, thank you so much for being our most clutch photographer.

Chef Ryan Abiz, man! You are a total life saver!  we couldn’t have done this without you.  Thank you for cooking so much of the dinner.