Our residents here are wonderful! They are on strict budgets, hard times and scrapping by to pay their rent in some cases. Although we are not government subsidized, a good handful of them are on food stamps due to the loss of a job. We would like to give back to the community, but more specifically our community. We will be holding a canned food drive in order to be selected for a fully prepared meal from Honey Baked Ham or Omaha Steaks. The food comes delivered to their door and just needs to be heated up! We also have a younger population here that sometimes can't make it home for the holidays due to their exams, budget, etc. We thought it would be an awesome "Thank You" to help support our own and have a cozy meal on us. We hope in turn,...

We serve a full blown Thanksgiving Feast for our residents the Thursday before Thanksgiving so that our residents can spend the actual holiday with their families. We get hams & turkeys from The Honey Baked Ham store. We buy some of their sides and I actually make some of them myself...with homemade cheese balls and pies. The residents love it.

We typed a renewal for every resident in the building. We greeted them as they came home from work in their hallway. We had a table set up with our Kuerig Machine with coffee, hot cocoa and hot cider. We also had snacks and music.

I managed an apartment community for seven years. We sponsered a BLACK FRIDAY (DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING SHOPPING TOUR) for 5 years running. The 1st year we only had a hand full of residents go and we drove our own vehicles. The last year we had a bus of 50. We loaded our residents around 8am and drove them to the Jefferson Outlet Mall (about an hour away). Upon arrival the resident went their seperate ways (or shopped in groups). We met are the food court at 11:30am and purchased lunch for all. After lunch the resident went back to shopping. We all met up around 4pm for the bus ride home. This was a time of lively conversation about the days purchases. The cost was minimal (around $100.00) for the 1st few years. As our attendees grew and the...

The property where I live is having a contest for the best decorated patio/front door for Thanksgiving. A prize will go to the best decorated. Kind of nice to get everyone to participate. They always do for Christmas but not too many decorate for Thanksgiving.