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Community Thanksgiving dinner raises $4,466 for Lake City Food Shelf

Dec 24, 2025

This year’s 38th annual Community Thanksgiving, hosted on Nov. 28 by local churches and organizations at Bethany Lutheran Church in Lake City, served 398 free turkey dinners and raised $4,466.00 in donations for the Lake City Food Shelf. On Tuesday, Dec. 16, representatives of participating...

Area churches, orgs announce Community Thanksgiving Day Dinner

Nov 5, 2025

The annual Community Thanksgiving Day dinner will be Nov. 27 in the fellowship hall of Bethany Lutheran church at 525 South 6th Street. A traditional dinner featuring roast turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetable, salad and dessert, coffee and milk will be served from noon to 1:30 pm. To make...

36th annual Community Thanksgiving raises $3,670 for Lake City Food Shelf

Dec 24, 2024

For the 36th time on Nov. 28, local churches and organizations served a free Thanksgiving turkey dinner at Bethany Lutheran Church in Lake City, while also collecting donations for the Lake City Food Shelf. This year’s event served 421 meals and raised $3,670 for the food shelf. Around 70...

Community Thanksgiving dinner is Nov. 28 at Bethany Lutheran Church

Nov 13, 2024

The annual Community Thanksgiving Day dinner will be Nov. 28 in the fellowship hall of Bethany Lutheran church at 525 South 6th Street. A traditional dinner featuring roast turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetable, salad and dessert, coffee and milk will be served from noon to 1:30 p.m. To...

Diners generous at free community Thanksgiving

Jan 4, 2023

This year’s community Thanksgiving dinner served 316 meals on Thanksgiving Day and raised $3,400.50 through freewill offerings for the Lake City Food Shelf. “I’d say the generosity was pretty good considering it was just a voluntary, freewill offering,” said Elwood Gnotke of Bethany Lutheran Church...

Thanksgiving dinner organizers grateful for community support

Dec 7, 2022

Thank you to the congregations of the First Congregational Church, First Lutheran Church, New Hope Church, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, St. Mary’s of The Lake Catholic Church, Redeeming Grace Community Church, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church and Valley View Assembly of God Church for their donations of...

Community Thanksgiving dinner raises $3,101 for the Lake City Food Shelf

Jan 5, 2022

This year’s community Thanksgiving dinner raised $3,101 for the Lake City Food Shelf. Organized by local churches and service groups and hosted by Bethany Lutheran Church, the program provides free Thanksgiving dinners and collects donations for the food shelf. On Dec. 28, representatives presented...

Community Thanksgiving dinners to resume

Jul 21, 2021

The Thanksgrving Dinher Committee at Bethany Lutheran has started planning for its 33rd dinner. The dinner was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We again will be reaching out to the churches of Lake City along with our sister parish, St. Peter and the Lake City Rotary Club to join...

Community Thanksgiving Dinner canceled due to pandemic

Nov 11, 2020

For the first time in 32 years, the Community Thanksgiving Dinner spearheaded by Bethany Lutheran Church has been canceled. “The congregation at Bethany Lutheran Church has made the difficult decision to cancel the annual Thanksgiving Day dinner, but with the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the...

Community Thanksgiving dinner serves over 300, raises $2,000 for food shelf

Dec 19, 2019

This year’s Lake City Community Thanksgiving dinner served 318 meals and raised $2,000 and over 50 pounds of food in donations for the Lake City Food Shelf, according to organizers. The annual event is a collaboration of Lake City churches (plus St. Peter - Belvidere), the Lake City Rotary Club,...