Prep work under way for Thanksgiving feast for 5,500 in Duluth
November 22, 2011 at 6:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
Preparations for the 22nd annual Twin Ports Thanksgiving Buffet began Monday morning with carrot peeling, onion quartering and the unloading of cartloads of potatoes and boxes of parsnips and rutabagas. In the days leading up to the event, hundreds of volunteers will cycle through the kitchen at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, creating a menu of turkey and fixings, roasted root vegetables, sweet potatoes, cranberries and dinner rolls.
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As much as the Thanksgiving dinner tradition is a good thing, hunger never takes a day off and providing meals through cash donations to the food bank is a much more effective way to combat hunger in Duluth.
http://www.northernlakesfoodbank.org/make-a-difference/
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This is a pretty nice thing that is done for those who need a free meal. One observation though, it’s funny how you can offer a free meal and get 5000 people to attend, but if you want volunteers for any civic minded type project that takes even just a few hours you’ll struggle to get 50.
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