The Gospel Rescue Mission still needs ready-to-eat holiday pies for its annual Thanksgiving meal next week.
There are two stretches of the Santa Cruz River in Tucson where you're likely to see water. One is just south of downtown and the other is near Crossroads at Silverbell District Park in Marana. Both flow along stretches of the Loop thanks to the release of reclaimed water, or effluent by Tucson Water last summer.
The mission has changed its annual sit-down community banquet because of the pandemic to a drive- thru “Thanksgiving Blessing to Go” meal distribution from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, at the H.S. Lopez Family Foundation Center of Opportunity, 4550 S. Palo Verde Road.
Meals of turkey and all the trimmings will be passed out during the event, but the mission still needs store-bought pies as part of the distribution. Ready-to-eat pies of any flavor can be dropped off at 707 W. Miracle Mile or at 4550 S. Palo Verde Road.
The mission provides shelter, recovery, employment and housing programs to the most vulnerable in our community. Last year, the mission provided 263,048 meals and 91,355 shelter bed nights to the community. The missions is expecting to serve about 2,000 Thanksgiving meals.
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Marissa Johnson, volunteer, places compost, in preparation for growing wheat, in the Spanish Colonial Field at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Ln., in Tucson, Ariz. on Nov. 18, 2020.
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Linda Matson, right, and Erik Schmahl, volunteers, place tubes for irrigation under Quince trees inside the Spanish Colonial Orchard at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Ln., in Tucson, Ariz. on Nov. 18, 2020.
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A sign informing visitors about the Chinese Garden is placed inside the garden at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Ln., in Tucson, Ariz. on Nov. 18, 2020.
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Linda Dugan walks through the Chinese garden at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Ln., in Tucson, Ariz. on Nov. 18, 2020. Located at the base of Sentinel Peak, Mission Garden, a non-profit organization, is a living agricultural museum of Sonoran Desert-adapted heritage fruit-trees, traditional local crops and edible native plants.
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Sun shines on an arch way full with Bottle Gourd vines in the Chinese Garden at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Ln., in Tucson, Ariz. on Nov. 18, 2020.
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Katie Herder, outreach intern, waters plants inside the Youth Garden at Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Ln., in Tucson, Ariz. on Nov. 18, 2020.
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A wasp gently touches down on the surface of the water of the acequia flowing through the grounds of Mission Gardens on June 15, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
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Bill Kidder stops so his dog Tucker can get a look at the water in the acequia flowing through the grounds at Mission Gardens during Bat Night on June 15, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
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Shown on Aug. 15, 2020, a waterway or "acequia" in the Mission Garden where Gila Topminnow have been thriving
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Gila topminnow swim in the "acequia" in the Mission Garden located at 946 W Mission Lane, on Aug. 15, 2020.
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Phil Hall, a board member with the Friends of Tucson's Birthplace, arranges the ocotillo fencing on top of a ramada at the Mission Gardens at the base of A Mountain on July 31, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. Some of the pomegranate, fig trees and other plants from the garden area are visible in the background.
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Mission Garden, bottom center, and downtown Tucson in 2017.
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As Sentinel Peak looms in the background, a sign welcomes visitors at Mission Garden at the corner of South Grande Avenue and West Mission Lane on Aug. 15, 2014, in downtown Tucson, Ariz.
