What has become a late fall tradition continues as the the 15th annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner is once again set for Nov. 26. The dinner will once again be hosted by The First Congregational Church, which has sponsored the dinner in its current format since the mid-2000s.
Bill Ewry send out his annual letter and is accepting reservations and donations from interested resdients.
The dinner will be served in the church’s Fellowship Hall, and curbside from the church entrance at 464 Campbell Avenue.
“The dinner will have all the fixings of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The dining room service will be from Noon to 1:30 p.m.,” Ewry noted in his letter. “The time for the curbside pickup will be announced prior to Thanksgiving.”
All dinners will be provided by registration only. The committee is accepting requests for dinners by phone, the church website, or email. Phone: (475) 766-0004 Email: thanksgivingdinner@fccwesthaven.org. Requests will be accepted no later than Friday, Nov. 20.
“Once again, The University of New Haven, through the school’s food services provider, has volunteered to provide some of the food for dinner,” wrote Ewry.
The university has been very supportive of the event for many years.
While this is year 15 for this iteration of the Thanksgiving Dinner, it was originally begun in the mid-1980s as a project of the West Haven Clergy Association, and then a venture of a committee of then Christ Episcopal Church and several other churches.
Eventually, a committee headed by the Rev. Arthur Yost, pastor of First United-Wesley Methodist Church, ran it for several years as an adjunct to WHEAT, the West Haven Emergency Assistance Taskforce. That was abandoned when other operations became more prominent, and time consuming. A committee of First Church was formed and took up the mantle under the current format.
Such undertakings, despite sponsors and volunteers, needs financial support. If anyone would like to support the dinner with a monetary donation, checks can be made out to “The First Congregational Church of West Haven” and sent to the church office at 1 Church St., West Haven, 06516, attention Bill Ewry with “Thanksgiving Dinner” in the memo. Thank you in advance for sharing this information. Bill Ewry Dinner Coordinator First Congregational Church of West Haven
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