Planning and prep for Community Thanksgiving Dinner underway

The Community Thanksgiving Dinner is returning to the dining room this year.

“We will be serving a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner in the St. Jude Thaddeus Parish Center located on the corner of Seventh Aveenue and Fifth Street on Thursday, November 24th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m,” organizer Debbie Rhines said in a release. “For the past 40-plus years, this dinner has been free to all who wish to participate. We give thanks to our anonymous donors and the many volunteers who have made this dinner possible for our community.”

The popular event was canceled in 2020 as a surge of new COVID-19 cases...