More than 11,500 needy residents will be served a dinner at numerous locations in Montgomery County on Thanksgiving Day. More than 700 volunteers prepare and serve the meals, and 531 turkeys were smoked for the dinners. Here's some images of preparations for the meals:

Joe Callison of The Woodlands Church, loads a smoked turkey onto a flat during the smoking of the turkeys, at the Ark Church in Conroe, for the county-wide Thanksgiving dinner celebration for the needy. Photo by David Hopper

Ark Church volunteer Jess Jackson, of Conroe, moves a flat of smoked turkeys to the storage trailer during the smoking of the turkeys, at the Ark Church in Conroe, for the county-wide Thanksgiving dinner celebration for the needy. Photo by David Hopper