Enjoy Free Food And Fun At The Community Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving is all about faith, family and friends and of course food brings it all together. All of that will be on display tomorrow (Friday) at the McDonald-Hughes Activity Center (3101 Martin Luther King Boulevard) in West End.

The 6:00pm event is being hosted by a group of local and West Alabama leaders. That group includes West Alabama state legislative leaders Senator Bobby Singleton, State Rep. Chris England, State Rep. A.J. McCampbell, and State Rep. Curtis Travis.

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Local hosts include Tuscaloosa City Council members Joe Eatmon, Raevan Howard and Cassius Lanier along with Tuscaloosa City School Board member Karen Thompson-Jackson.

Doors will open at 5:30 pm at McDonald-Hughes for the fourth annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner.

Organizers are thanking their community partners and volunteers for helping make the annual holiday dinner possible. The event will include free food, entertainment, surprise give aways, special recognitions, and more! Area residents are encouraged to bring family and friends to the dinner. It is truly what Thanksgiving is supposed to be about - community.

For more information about the Community Thanksgiving Dinner contact Joe Eatmon at joseph.eatmon@tuscaloosa.com or call (205) 614-1252.

The McDonald-Hughes Center event is one of a number of Thanksgiving events being conducted across the area to kick off the holiday season. Among others are:

• Hillcrest High School Thanksgiving Food Distribution, 9:00am Saturday at the school in south Tuscaloosa (300 Patriot Parkway),
• Narrow Way Church Thanksgiving Meal, Saturday 11:00am to 1:00pm, at the church (508 James I. Harrison Parkway),
• Salt of the Earth Thanksgiving Meal, Saturday Noon until 2:00pm, at the church (361 Bear Creek Road E.),
• Covenant Church Thanksgiving Meal, Sunday following the 10:30am service (14611 Old Greensboro Road),
• Community Thanksgiving Dinner, Monday 1:00pm until 4:00pm at the Benjamin Barnes YMCA Branch (3011 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.),
• Chuck's Fish Thanksgiving Day Meal, Thursday 11am until 3:00pm, 508 Greensboro Avenue. There will be no charge, abut donations are accepted for Habitat for Humanity Tuscaloosa.

Ther are undoubtedly others who did not forward their information to Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa.

Happy Thanksgiving!