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Homeless agency not accepting prepared food for Thanksgiving meal

Kindrick Lino, 6, of Burbank, helps serve corn during last year's annual Thanksgiving meal at Central Park in Pasadena. Union Station Homeless Services is not accepting prepared food donations this year.
(Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
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Union Station Homeless Services is not accepting home-cooked dishes for the agency’s annual Thanksgiving meal in Pasadena on Thursday.

The organization cannot receive turkey or other prepared food due to stricter health regulations, the agency said in a statement.

Instead, donors can make a donation online, purchase a pie through the organization’s partner, or give non-perishables. Food will be served at Pasadena’s Central Park from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Donations to cover the cost of the Thanksgiving meal can be made on Union Station’s website.

Pies can be purchased online, too.

Union Station also has a wish list for non-perishable food items.

Last year, more than 4,000 people were served at the Thanksgiving Day event.

-- Tiffany Kelly, tiffany.kelly@latimes.com

Follow on Google+ and on Twitter: @LATiffanyKelly.

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