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God’s Grace Soup Kitchen – Saturday, November 15, 2025 at the Helenwood Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. The free lunch is homemade chili, pimento cheese sandwich and dessert. Drive by starts at 11:00 am and your lunch is handed to you without having to leave your car. The food is provided by volunteers from Scott County churches.
VFW Post# 5669 Thanksgiving Meals – VFW Post #5669 in Oneida will be handing out Thanksgiving Meals to veterans and their families on Saturday, November 22 from 11am-1pm at the post. Please call 423-569-5564 and leave a message with your name and number of meals. Deadline to reserve meals is November 20th.
Free Thanksgiving Meal – First Baptist Church of Oneida will be delivering meals on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27th. Please call/text Kasey or Christy to reserve your free Thanksgiving meal. We will need name, delivery address, and number of meals. Kasey Sexton (865) 617-4117, Christy Dunlap (423) 215-1360. Delivery will be between 11a.m.-1p.m.
Free Thanksgiving Dinner – Raezack’s will be Serving a Hot Free Thanksgiving Dinner Thursday, November 27, 2025 12:00-2:00. Dine In or
Drive Thru All are welcome.
Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner – Capital Hill Missionary Baptist Church would like to invite you to our Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Free to all. Everyone Welcome. Dine in and Fellowship -or- Drive-thru/Pick up. November 15th from 2pm-4:30 pm Capital Hill Missionary Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 1571 Jeffers Road
Huntsville, TN 37756. For more information
Please contact: Pastor – Dewayne Lawson – (423) 215-1445, Deacon – Rick Allen – (423) 627-7194, Deacon – Jake Sexton (423) 319-8034.
Pinnacle Resource Center – Do you want to help the needy? Pinnacle Resource Center is accepting donations of in-date, canned and boxed food items for our Thanksgiving pantry and for an increase in pantry neighbor weekly visits. We will be serving over 125 families on Thanksgiving pantry day. We also are expecting a large increase in new pantry neighbors on a weekly basis. We can use canned green beans, canned corn, instant potatoes, yams, and sweet potatoes, gravy mix, pie filling, and stuffing mix, peanut butter, crackers, soup, cereal, and breakfast bars.
Robbins Elementary School Food Pantry will be distributing Food on Nov. 18, 2025–3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. The food is being distributed at the Barton Chapel Church 5760 Scott Highway, Robbins, TN. Please, turn off Highway 27 onto School House Road at Keeton Monuments, follow School House Road around to the entrance of Barton Chapel Church. Do not try to enter Barton Chapel Parking Lot off Highway 27. To be eligible for food you must be the parent, grandparent, guardian or a care giver of a child attending Head Start or Robbins Elementary School. You can only pick up for one other Family and you must have a note from that family to pick up their box. If pets are in the Car, they must be under control. No jumping, running around and barking. If you smoke in your car, please roll windows down to let the smoke out before you get to check-in. No Proof of income required. For more information, Please call at, Ella Smith (423) 663-7462
Thanksgiving Dinner at the Elgin Community Center – November 16, 12:00 pm until food runs out at Elgin Community Center 184 Elgin St. Elgin, TN. Cost: $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for Children under 14 years of age. Proceeds will be used to build a Back Porch on the Community Center
Free Clothing Distribution – Appalachian Ministry Center, located at 24728 Scott Hwy in Winfield (Old Winfield School Building) will have a free clothing distribution on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month from 9am-12 noon.
Second Harvest of East Tennessee Mobile Food Pantry will be at Bethlehem Baptist Church of Oneida on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, from 11am until all the allocated food has been distributed. Second Harvest requests that recipients should arrive when the distribution starts, rather than arriving before the start time. The distribution will take place at 19360 Alberta Street, Oneida, TN.
Unicorn Boutique in Wartburg will be opening on the first Saturday of each month beginning from 9-1, beginning on November 1.
Honor Guard Recruitment and Need – Oneida’s American Legion Post 136 Honor guard an all-volunteer group need new members for our team as well as new uniforms. Anyone interested in learning more about being an Honor Guard member, or in donating for the purchase of uniforms, please call the Veterans Service Office at 423-663-4289, M-F, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Serious inquiries only.
U.S.S Tennessee Museum Located at Scott County High School will be open November 22nd and December 6th.
Lighting of The Park – Friday, December 5, 2025 at 4 p.m. – 7 p.m., Oneida City Park. Christmas market in the gym. Food trucks and pictures with the Grinch
Children’s Center of the Cumberlands Angel Bear Tree – Help deliver the magic of Christmas to a child and make their Christmas wishes come true!
December 8th, 2025. Please bring gifts back to same location For more information call (423) 569-8900.
Pictures With Santa – Bring your little ones for a delightful evening filled with joy and wonder. Join us for pictures with Santa Claus, where children can share their holiday wishes, enjoy delicious cookies, and revel in the magic of the season presented by Troop and Crew 333. Candy canes, hot chocolate and Christmas cheer. November 29th, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. and December 6th, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. American Legion, Oneida, Tennessee. $5.00 per picture. With Special Guests The Unicorn Fund.
Healing Souls with Hope – Help buy new shoes for grades K-12 by donating now through March 31, 2026 for the 2026/2027 school year. Volunteers needed age 13 and up, contact (865) 712-7052. healingsoulswithhope.org
Scott County VFW Post 5669 Fun Run & Pancake Breakfast – An event like no other, and we want you to be there! This 2.5k run/walk and breakfast at the Oneida Senior Citizens Center This event will help with fundraising efforts for the VFW Memorial Wall. Nov 15, 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Clean Slate Addiction And Trauma Recovery Group Meetings are every Monday at 6:30pm at Thrive Church; 130 Choate Lane, Oneida Tn 37841. For more info call/text Miranda Salada at 423-577-9221. This is for any type of addiction, not just substance and alcohol, and any trauma. It is a faith based recovery group. Everyone welcome
Boy Scout Troop 333 meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the American Legion Building, 19175 Alberta St., Oneida. Stop by or contact the Scoutmaster at (423) 319-9753.
American Legion Post 136 meets the first Monday of each month at 6:00 PM in the War Memorial Building. Location is 19174 Alberta St. Oneida TN 37841.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 5669 meets the last Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. Location is 1578 Sand Cut Rd Oneida, TN 37841.
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