This post is for my readers in and near Flat Rock, Mich.
Homeless and needy families in the Flat Rock, Mich., area can get a free turkey supper with all the fixings Tuesday at the Flat Rock Family Cafe.
The meals will be served from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the restaurant, 27517 [...]

This post is for my readers in and near Milan, Mich., and was in Tuesday’s edition of The Monroe Evening News:
Campfire Bar-B-Q Grille Restaurant will host its 26th annual Thanksgiving Day Feast on Nov. 26.
It will offer free Thanksgiving dinners to seniors 62 and older and the less fortunate. Others will incur charges of $8.99 [...]

Do you remember all the buzz about mortgage relief when the new national programs got announced? The national financial journalists and some government officials are watching the statistics, and the reviews have not been good.
CNNMoney is adding to the discussion with its report Few getting long-term mortgage relief.
A snippet:
Under the president’s plan, delinquent borrowers are [...]

This post is for my readers in and near Monroe, Mich.
The Project Connect community information expo will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 18 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, parish hall, 937 E. Third St., Monroe, Mich., immediately before the God Works! Family Soup Kitchen dinner.
It is free and open to all [...]

Homeless Awareness Week in Monroe, Mich., will be Nov. 15-21.
As has been tradition, there will be a variety of events during the week to help raise donations for needy families, get assistance information to those families and explain the cost of homelessness to the community.
Here is the main story in today’s edition of The Monroe [...]

This announcement is for my readers in Monroe County, Mich., and is on page 5A of today’s edition of The Monroe Evening News.
Lincoln Elementary School, 908 E. Second St., Monroe, Mich. which has been the scene of much holiday joy since first opening its doors in 1921, will once again be a humming hub of [...]

The deadlines to apply for Christmas assistance are coming up fast.
Two examples:

Salvation Army of Northwest Ohio, which serves the Toledo area, is taking its last applications from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today Nov. 12 at 620 North Erie Street in Toledo.
Salvation Army of Monroe County, Mich., continues to take applications through Nov. 25. Office [...]

This post is for my readers in Wayne County, Mich.
Low-income families who live in Wayne County, but not in the city of Detroit, are eligible for a Thanks Giveaway offer from the Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency.
Wayne Metro will distribute turkeys free to eligible families. The distribution times include 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday Nov. [...]

If you live in southeast Michigan and are looking for a list of holiday assistance programs, go see the page that Julie’s List has built on that topic.
I also post holiday assistance notices for my local readers in Monroe County, Mich. But do be aware that the biggest assistance network for my local readers is [...]

This post is for my readers in southeast Michigan and northwest Ohio:
The churches of Whiteford Township in Monroe County, Mich., have announced they will have free food on a “first come, first served” basis for any Ohio or Michigan resident during a distribution from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday Nov. 21 at Crossroads Community Church, [...]