Here is where to get a free Thanksgiving meal in WNC

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — This year, some Western North Carolina restaurants, churches and organizations are offering free Thanksgiving meals to aid locals in returning to normalcy after Helene.

The following are offering cost-free lunch or dinner on Turkey Day:

Radiant Church’s ‘Feed the 828’ Thanksgiving Community Dinner

• Location: 3839 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden, NC 28704
• Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Date: Thursday, Nov. 28
• What’s included: A traditional Thanksgiving meal, complete with goodie bags for guests to take home

Blue Mountain Pizza and Brewery

• Location: 55 N. Main Street, Weaverville, NC 28787
• Time: Noon to 3 p.m.
• Date: Thursday, Nov. 28
• What’s included: Free Thanksgiving dinner for those in need

12 Baskets Cafe and Asheville Poverty Initiative Thanksgiving lunch

• Location: 610 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806
• Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Date: Thursday, Nov. 28
• What’s included: Free Thanksgiving lunch

Blunt Pretzel and Bounty & Soul

• Location: 120 Alexander Place, Swannanoa, NC 28778
• Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Date: Thursday, Nov. 28
• What’s included: Free Thanksgiving meal

Beech Glen Community Center free family Thanksgiving

• Location: 2936 Beech Glen Road, Mars Hill, NC 28754
• Time: Noon
• Date: Thursday, Nov. 28
• What’s included: Free home-cooked Thanksgiving meal, football, games, etc.

Mercy Chefs and Higgins United Methodist Church

• Location: Burnsville Town Center – 6 S Main Street, Burnsville, NC 28714
• Time: Noon to 2 p.m.
• Date: Thursday, Nov. 28
• What’s included: Free Thanksgiving meal