The true Spirit of Christmas shone brightly Wednesday (December 3) in Williams Lake.
Many residents showed up for the 28th annual Yuletide Dinner put on by the Cariboo Chilcotin Child Development Centre and the Society of St Vincent de Paul.
CDC Program and Practice Manager Jackie Davy said they started letting people into the Sacred Heart Hall at 3:55 and there was quite the lineup.
“It’s an event that supports family members and community members in need driven by volunteers and donations. It’s a really community event that we love putting on.”
Davy said by the time dinner ended (ran from 4 pm to 7 pm) they had served approximately 528 meals and handed out 75 take out meals on Thursday as well.
“The people who come out to this free turkey dinner with all the fixings are so appreciative where they can enjoy a warm space to sit down and just enjoy a hot home cooked meal.”
Davy said it takes a lot of volunteers to donate their time to put on an event like this.
“We had over 100 volunteers Wednesday night including the day before doing the prep and cooking. We super grateful to those who continually come out to help and we had a lot of new volunteers this year which is always great. A big thank you to our partners chef Dave from the Laughing Loon and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.”
Councilors Shelia Boehm and Joan Flaspholer also came out to the Yuletide Dinner to help serve.
Up next for the Child Development Centre is their annual Christmas Wish Breakfast that will be held this coming Wednesday (December 10) at Boston Pizza from 6:30 am to 9 am.
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