Hot Meals and Turkey Day Baskets from Seekonk Senior Center

has worked to fill baskets with the traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner staples to give to those in need this holiday. The baskets will be filled with donated items such as string beans, potatoes, stuffing and, of course, turkeys.

Rene Andrews and Anne Libby spent their Monday morning preparing the baskets and piling in the canned goods and other items.

A handful of students from the South Coast Educational Collaborative also helped with the effort by unloading a car that was filled to capacity with donations and bringing them to the upstairs senior center where the goods could be put into each basket.

In additional to the baskets of supplies, Human Services will also be delivering hot meals on Thanksgiving Day. The meals, which have been donated by the local , will be delivered by local volunteers to those who may be alone this holiday, or don’t have the means or facilities to cook a Thanksgiving dinner.

“Regardless of income, you’re not going to cook a Thanksgiving dinner for one,” said Human Services Director Bernadette Huck.

“If there’s a family of one or two people, this just makes it easier for them to have a hot meal,” said Huck.

Huck expects nearly 140 baskets of food to go out this year and 40 of the hot meals.

Seekonk Human Services will be closed this Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday.