MYRTLE CREEK – The annual Free Thanksgiving Dinner is back again this year.
The annual dinner will return to the Myrtle Creek Community Center on Thanksgiving day, Thursday, November 27.
The Myrtle Creek Lions Club is now in its fourth year since taking over the sponsorship and administration of the dinner and are in the process of lining up the necessary volunteers needed to make this happen.
The doors of the community center are set to open at 11 a.m. and the dinner will be served until 3 p.m.
The menu has not changed much from previous years with the old holiday staples of turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, corn, green beans and cranberry sauce. There will be pumpkin pie and other choices for dessert along with coffee, ice tea and water.
“We are so encouraged and thankful for the generosity of this community when it comes to events like this,” said Bob Chaney, Sr., of the Myrtle Creek Lions. “Through the incredible giving nature of friends and neighbors this dinner is costing very little. We want to give a great big thank you to all of our donors. Your graciousness ensures that less people will go hungry this holiday.”
The Lions decided to rename the dinner in 2023 after the passing of Ray Munoz. Munoz was the head cook almost from the inception of the event many years ago.
The Lions renamed the annual event The Ray Munoz Memorial Thanksgiving Day Dinner
This year’s dinner is expected to have a larger crowd due to the current food insecurities throughout the area.
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