Volunteers served 340 meals at recent Community Thanksgiving Dinner
By Jennifer Zartman Romano
There's no doubt feeding the community is a big job -- but just how big?
Community service coordinator for the Columbia City Rotary Club, Gene Smith tabulated the quantity of food served during last week's Community Thanksgiving Dinner and it is impressive.
In all, the dinner included 30 turkeys, 100 pounds of ham, four cases of sweet potatoes, four cases of green beans, a case of stuffing and 60 pumpkin pies.
Volunteer from the Rotary Club and the Columbia City Optimist Club delivered 108 meals to homes in the community, provided 50 carryout meals at the Whitley County 4-H Center on Thanksgiving Day and served 182 hot meals to those who chose to eat at the community meal. In all, 340 meals were served -- up 19 meals from 2010.
The Community Thanksgiving Dinner committee included Gene Smith, Jacie Worrick, June Keiser, Deb Roy, Sherri Grim and Eric Blank. More than 51 volunteers who served in a variety of ways, including meal preparation, serving, delivery and cleanup.