A community Thanksgiving dinner is scheduled for this Saturday in Silver Springs at Silver Stage High School from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Silver Stage Co-Op members are donating enough turkeys for at least 300 to 400 families. The local food pantry is pitching in with stuffing and gravy, and the local Girl Scouts are bringing 12 pumpkin pies.
Healthy Communities' staff person Tammy Sutton has worked with the Coalition's Stand Tall youth team, plus SSHS's "S" Club (junior Soroptimists), and the high school to help organize the event.
The youth clubs, "S" Club and Stand Tall, are creating a "Thanksgiving Tree" to be displayed during the event. People will be invited to write what they're thankful for on paper leaves and attach those to the display.
(Healthy Communities Coalition is a regional community nonprofit composed of hundreds of volunteers and dozens of local, state, federal and tribal group partners.)
