Lima, OH (WLIO) - A Lima non-profit organization is making sure that everyone has a place to go to on Thanksgiving. The Lima Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be Thursday November 24th at the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center. For a second year in a row, the meal will be put on by the Compassionate Ministries of Lima. But the event has been going on decades with various families and organizations hosting the dinner. Besides serving up Thanksgiving favorites, the meal gives people the chance to come together in fellowship for the holiday.
"It really is amazing for Compassionate Ministries of Lima, our goal, our mission is to gather around the table and enjoy food with people. It's a wonderful expression of the Thanksgiving spirit of gratitude,” Wes Reese, President of the Board, Compassionate Ministries of Lima.
Those who attend have the option of dining in or carrying out at the Civic Center or getting their meal through drive-thru, which will be located at the Wingate hotel. The meal will be available from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. RTA will be running bus routes to the Civic Center for people to get to the meal.
