Pair of free meal options available in Nanaimo on Christmas Day
NANAIMO — Open restaurants and a pair of free meal events are ensuring locals will have full bellies and somewhere to go on Christmas Day.
Both the Nanaimo 7-10 Club and Maranatha Church will welcome all comers, expected to be hundreds of people, for free turkey dinners with all the fixings.
Barry Hansen, Maranatha Church Pastor, said their event will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at their Portsmouth Rd. location in Nanaimo’s north end, and he’s expecting between 150 to 200 people.
“People who are experiencing homelessness, people in other similar type situations, or people who are alone and don’t have family, friends or places to go and would like to be connected or alone on Christmas Day.”