11/28/2025
We wanted to take the time out to thank ALL our amazing volunteers for taking the time out of your busy schedules to help our thanksgiving day feeding the community a great success. We prepared for 350 people and we served 329 people. Thank you all who came out on Wednesday to help prep. You guys did the most important part getting them turkeys cooked, dessert cut, rools bagged, cornbread cooked for the dressing, veggies sautéed, cranberry prepared, table and Schaffer dishes ready etc….. Thanksgiving day would be mess without all your help. Thank you to all that makes the day happen. Our cooks, delivery drivers, servers, baggers, cleaning crew etc…,, This is a lot of work but it’s worth it all to see all the happy faces when they receive a dinner and the help that make it a great success.
Thank you Niles high school for letting us use the school every year. #7 for the books.
Special thank you to our sponsors that give to a very great cause.
Jeff Upton & the Upton foundation
Buchanan Senior center 
Bethlehem ministries of Niles Mi
Apostolic church Pastor Trent & Karen Avance and all who donated. Thank you thank you thank you.
Side note. We will be looking for licensed barbers and hairstylist for our back to school haircuts event the Saturday before back to school in August 2026 for the Niles school district. More information to come later.
Happy holidays to everyone from JLKA Ministry. 😍
Check out our Wednesday and Thursday photos.