BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Community Thanksgiving Dinner will hold its 11th annual celebration at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden at 157 Main St. on Thursday, Nov. 27, from noon to 5 p.m.
This dinner - free for the whole community - will be served buffet-style.
For more than 35 years, whether at the old Common Ground Restaurant or at the River Garden, the Brattleboro Community Thanksgiving Dinner has served everyone in the Brattleboro community and beyond. Some folks drive from out-of-state to attend and volunteer. Organizers also deliver meals to shut-ins in the Brattleboro area.
As always, volunteers are the backbone of the Community Dinner. Here is how you can help and whom to contact:
• To help at the River Garden on Thanksgiving morning, either setting up, serving, or cleaning up afterwards, call Katherine Barratt at 802-257-4220.
• To help prepare vegetables on Wednesday, Nov. 26, at the Brattleboro Masonic Lodge at 196 Main St., and to deliver meals to shut-ins, call Peter Wiles at 802-254-4687.
• For kitchen work on Wednesday and Thursday at the Masonic Hall, call Ian Bigelow at 802-579-7903.
• To help with the clean-up crew at the Masonic Hall, call Mark Schultz at 603-336-0008.
• To donate a turkey or produce, or to help cook on Thanksgiving Day, call Ray Branagan at 802-579-4649.
• To donate desserts, including vegan and gluten-free treats, or to perform music for guests' entertainment, call Lindsay Cobb at 802-376-3792.