EVENTS: Without family to share Thanksgiving? Join friends and neighbors at Palermo Community Center

If you have no family nearby to share the Thanksgiving Holiday, you are welcome to join friends and neighbors at the Palermo Community Center for a potluck dinner, on Thursday, November 27, at 2 p.m. There will be a roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and fresh cranberry sauce. To prevent duplications, there is a sign-up list so we can share all our favorite dishes and make sure we have enough pies.

Space is somewhat limited, so please call Connie at 993-2294 or email pwhitehawk@fairpoint.net, to reserve a place at the table. There is no set fee, but donations to the Living Communities Foundation are most welcome. We view Thanksgiving as a day of gratitude and sharing, so if you have a story, song, or legend to share, that would also be appreciated.

This celebration is hosted by the Community Center and the Great Thunder Chicken Drum, which honors a spirit of peace, sharing, and teaching, parts of the original Thanksgiving tradition among the early immigrants and the Native Peoples. Thus, if you choose to bring a Native American dish, that would be especially welcomed. Examples might be roasted venison, chestnut pudding, stewed blackberries, Indian pudding, or succotash. The food donation is not strictly necessary, however. Some people don’t or cannot cook, and SNAP benefits have been cut off, so the emphasis is on sharing and fellowship. You are most important. We look forward to welcoming you.

The Palermo Community Center is just off Turner Ridge Road across from the ball field. You will see our new sign as you approach Veterans Way.