Knights and friends again treat community to delicious Thanksgiving dinner

Dec 2

Written By Dan McClelland

These five volunteers were the mainstay of Thursday's kitchen crew at the K. of C. hall. All sporting face coverings were (from left) Mark Moeller, Yvon Fortier, John Bujold, Tom Arsenault and Dave LeBlanc. (Dan McClelland photos)

Knight Mark Moeller and volunteer Shelly Boushie were preparing pie portions before the deliveries began, among the many things they tackled that day.

Diane LeBlanc, one of the key organizers of the annual Knights of Columbus dinner here, was planning the delivery strategy before the noon hour Thursday.

Sunset Avenue's Carol Peets, a member of the Fortier clan that is the backbone of the annual community Thanksgiving dinner here, was busy just prior to meal time Thursday slicing pumpkin pies and placing the slices in individual plastic containers

Cars in front of the Knights hall were sometimes double parked as deliverers and those picking up got prepared for their dinner loads.

Jocelyn Savage, a local nurse, was one of the volunteers Thursday taking orders and delivering Thanksgiving meals to awaiting vehicles.

by Dan McClelland

The Tupper Lake Knights of Columbus Council again made the Thanksgiving holiday a little brighter for Tupper Lake residents who were alone or without the means to prepare a festive dinner for themselves last week.

The community dinner is a tradition by the local council that goes back decades here.

In all about 450 dinners were prepared by volunteers in the K.of C. kitchen on High Street and either picked up or delivered to residents around the community on Thanksgiving Day between 11:30a.m. and 1p.m.

Each year the local knights and their families get help from the members of the Tupper Lake Kiwanis Club and unaffiliated folks who just come out to help each year. This year's event was different, as there were no in-person dinners served in the hall.

A big assist came this year again from pie-makers around the community who produced nearly 40 assorted pies- many of them the traditional pumpkin- and donated them to the event to add a little sweetness to finish the traditional and delicious Thanksgiving turkey dinner.

This year with the pandemic in full bloom the dinner organizers fashioned an expanded pick-up area in front of the hall to make it easier for the deliverers and those coming to pick up their own meals. At times the cars were backed up a hundred feet or more, but things moved quickly as volunteers shuttled the meals to the awaiting vehicles.

Kudos this week to our local knights and their many friends and supporters here on another very generous and welcomed endeavor to help their neighbors.

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