CHENEY — The Speakeasy restaurant hosted its first free Thanksgiving dinner for the community Thursday, Nov. 25.
The dinner, held to honor the local police and fire personnel, consisted of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, and pumpkin pie.
Several restaurant guests said they were grateful for this opportunity to come out and connect with other residents and have a free Thanksgiving meal.
The turkeys were donated by The West Plains Angels, a local charity organization which fulfills local needs.
“It is about everybody getting together and having a nice time and enjoying Thanksgiving and being grateful for all of the wonderful things that we have to be grateful and thankful for,” West Plains Angels Founder, Tony Blout said,
People from all over the area came to the Thanksgiving dinner event, including Spokane resident, Bonnie Boisley.
“I would like to say we are blessed with the West Plains Angels and the Fuentes family to be able to host this wonderful Thanksgiving dinner because I have no family in town and so this has been wonderful, to share, to make a new family,” Boisley said.
There were several volunteers helping the restaurant staff serve meals and drinks.
“I volunteered this week because I wanted something more to do on Thanksgiving than eat and it has been a complete pleasure to be here,” volunteer Michele Vazquez said.
Vazquez and other volunteers stayed very busy during the two hour long event helping serve and clean up tables at the restaurant.
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