Community Thanksgiving providing a dinner for those in need, those otherwise dining alone
(Talk of the Town photo by Jennifer Zartman Romano) The Community Thanksgiving Dinner Committee, above from left, includes Gene Smith, Jenna Ott, Sherri Grim, Jacie Worrick, Francis Bundy and Bob Cornmesser.By Jennifer Zartman Romano
They’ve outlived their families and their friends. Others live so far away from family, they knew they’d spend the day alone. For all, the warmth of a dinner together with others is something to really look forward to this week.
Jenna Ott, one of several Columbia City Rotary Club members involved in planning this year’s Thanksgiving community dinner on Thursday, has heard many stories from local residents who are grateful for the dinner being prepared by local volunteers, Rotary members and Sherri Grim.
Grim has offered a community Thanksgiving dinner at her restaurant for several years, but this is the first year she has partnered with the Columbia City Rotary to put on the event.
Preparations for the dinner, which will be served on Thursday from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., will begin this evening as volunteers dress the turkeys. Meals will be served at Sherri’s Place restaurant located near Arby’s, just south of US 30 in Columbia City. Free will donations will be accepted.
Dinner will include turkey, ham and all the fixings. Everyone is invited to attend – especially those who cannot afford dinner or those who have no where else to go…or those who have no one else to enjoy the meal with…because, after all, the community will come together as a family on Thursday.