To the editor:
Continuing a tradition that fully illustrates the real meaning of Thanksgiving, the Georgetown Kiwanis Club hosted their annual dinner at the Penn Brook School last Saturday. Arriving at 5:30 a.m. to cook 23 18-pound turkeys, Kiwanis Club members served Thanksgiving dinners to more than 300 individuals, including more than 280 local elders and others in the community. During a year when many people have experienced plenty of economic and social hardships, the work and graciousness of the Kiwanis Club and several local volunteer groups brightened the lives of many of the elders in our community and bolstered the spirits of all who participated in this annual event.
Rich with fall colors, cornucopia centerpieces created by the Georgetown Country Gardeners decorated each table, while volunteers from the Kiwanis Club, Builders Club and Georgetown High School Key Club served up plenty of fun and conversation, along with plates filled to the brim with turkey and all the necessary trimmings. Local barber shop quartet musicians from the Merrimack Valley Townsmen provided a musical backdrop of carefully harmonized tunes. Along with a nutritious meal, the annual dinner also nourished participants' well-being by supporting the value and importance of social connections that truly do exist within our community.
On behalf of the Georgetown Council on Aging, I would like to thank the Kiwanis Club, the Builders Club, the Georgetown High School Key Club and the Georgetown Country Gardeners, as well as all of the volunteers who gave so many hours of service in order to offer this annual event to elders — they model Thanksgiving for the rest of us!
Colleen Ranshaw-Fiorello, Director
Georgetown Council on Aging
