Woodward, Boone, Grimes dinners support good causes

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The stained glass window at Grimes First Presbyterian Church portrays the agony in the garden, which followed the last supper.

A lot of dinners occur in the fall. On Saturday, Oct. 20, the Woodward Volunteer Fire Department hosted their annual soup dinner and hay ride.

It was a drizzly evening when Dan and I headed out. When we got to the event, there were a lot of people waiting in line outside for the hay ride. I think that there was a trunk or treat event that it went to at the Woodward-Granger High School.

Eight types of soup were served. I helped myself to chilli and potato. I think that Dan tried all eight. There also was corn bread and dessert. Monies raised go toward fire equipment improvements.

Sunday evening offered a number of possibilities. There were at least three events, but to compromise I went to only two. The first event that I attended was the Marion Street United Methodist Church on the west side of Boone. They hosted their annual soup dinner, which had at least seven choices.

Dan could not go to this event because he was overseeing a washer and dryer delivery to his daughter. They also had cornbread and desserts. Monies raised for this event were for church repairs and missions. I had the chilli, knowing that I was heading to another event.

I headed back to Perry to pick up Dan. We headed to the annual Harvest Dinner at the First Presbyterian Church in Grimes. This is a very large Thanksgiving feast with a lot of people attending. We got there around 6 p.m., and they said that they only had turkey left for six more people. We felt blessed.

We got to our table, and they served green beans, mashed potatoes, dressing, giblet gravy, dinner rolls, pies and turkey. The turkey was slow in coming, so we thought it was all gone. But we soon received plenty of this. Dan sat by a man who lives in Mexico during the winters. I talked with a man who I knew from the Kiwanis. We ate to our heart’s content.

The dinner at the Grimes First Presbyterian Church takes a lot of labor. Monies raised were as usual for church needs and missions. They served this dinner family style. It is like going to the Amanas.

The dinner season is starting to wind down but still has some more in the next coming weeks.

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