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Show Thanksgiving Dinner to be New Tradition in Lindon 1 UI' PMII!P!l'"-!-WF"llllJ-l.li1!W)l HI - ,- , 1 by Geri Taylor When "The Old Red Church" officially became Lindon City's Community Center, leaders from the town discussed a variety of events, programs, and amenities they wanted to incorporate in their "new" building. When remodeling remod-eling is completed the center is expected to be the hub of activity ac-tivity for the community. Perhaps to inaugurate ' their newly acquired facility, and surely to begin a new tradition, tra-dition, Mayor Jim Dain proposed pro-posed the city hold its First Annual Thanksgiving Dinner this year. The volunteer effort is bringing together citizens and business to share a meal with the homeless, lonely or anyone who wants to participate. partici-pate. The committee of six includes in-cludes the mayor and his wife, Pam, Police Chief Cody Cul-limore Cul-limore and his wife, Debbie, and Lynn and Tonya LeMone. Many citizens have offered their services including preparing the food, set-up, serving, money and food donations and advertising. adver-tising. They are still looking for clean-up help. Several years ago Cody and Debbie Cullimore were looking for a holiday service project for their family and were surprised at how few opportunities existed exist-ed in Utah Valley. When Mayor Dain suggested the Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing dinner, the Cullimores knew this was the way they could make a difference. The city has promoted the dinner through the' Food Panty, Senior Citizens, Meals on Wheels, IHC Community Outreach, Community. Action and a notice in the city newsletter. news-letter. Dinner will be served from II a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Thanks-giving Day at the Center located locat-ed at 25 N Main. Mayor Dain sees this as a gift from Lindon City to those in need and hopes the tradition will be carried on for many years to come. He emphasized this is not just for Lindon citizens, but anyone in the extended community. Donations are still needed need-ed and can be brought to the Lindon City Center during business hours or monetary donations can be transmitted Dinner will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day at the Lindon Community Center. - online at www.lindoncity.org. A list of needed food can be found on the website under "Help us start a new tradition." You can also call 801-785-5043 for more information or to volunteer. |