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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2018
COMMUNITY
BRIEFS
Echo church serves Thanksgiving meal
The annual Echo community Thanksgiving meal will
be served this weekend.
The free dinner is available Saturday at noon at Echo
Community Church, 21 N. Bonanza St. The meal will be
served downstairs.
For more information, call 541-376-8108.
Agape House hosts parking lot sale
Furniture, rolls of new carpet, clothing, knick-knacks
and bicycles are available for purchase during a parking
lot sale at Agape House.
People are invited to find bargains and help support
Eastern Oregon Mission programs and outreach. The
event is Saturday from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at 500 Harper
Road, Hermiston. Winter apparel will be provided at no
charge, you name the price for knick-knacks, articles of
clothing are five for $1, furniture, bikes and other items
are as marked. In case of inclement weather, the sale will
be held indoors.
Eastern Oregon Mission is the parent organization of
Agape House and Martha’s House, which serve individu-
als and families in need. For more information, to volun-
teer or make donations, call 541-567-8774.
Potato bar fundraiser benefits The Arc
Potatoes with a variety of toppings are featured during
the annual baked potato dinner presented by The Arc
Umatilla County.
The event benefits the nonprofit organization, which
advocates for and supports people with developmental
disabilities. The event is Sunday from 5-6 p.m. at The
Arc, 215 W. Orchard Ave., Hermiston. Tickets are $5 for
ages 11 and up, $3 for ages 4-10 and free for kids 3 and
under. In addition, people can purchase a ticket that can
be donated so a person with a disability can attend the
event.
For more information or to purchase a ticket, call
Kristi Smalley at 541-567-1546.
Morrow County FFA hosts dinner, auction
A benefit dinner and auction will help support FFA
programs in Boardman, Irrigon, Ione and Heppner.
The event is Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. at the Riv-
erfront Center at the Port of Morrow, 2 Marine Drive,
Boardman. The cost is $25 per person. In addition to the
meal, a silent and live auction will be held.
Money raised from the event will help offset costs for
leadership and career success trips and events for chap-
ter members.
For more information or to make a donation, contact
Beth Dickenson at elizabeth.dickenson@morrow.k12.
or.us or 541-980-8677.
Upcoming blood drives in Hermiston
In the coming weeks, the American Red Cross will
hold several blood drives in Hermiston.
The need for blood is constant, especially heading into
the holiday season when people are busy. Each day, blood
donors help patients of all ages — from accident and burn
victims to heart surgery and organ transplant patients.
According to the American Red Cross, every two sec-
onds, someone in the United States needs blood.
Upcoming blood drives in Hermiston are:
•Monday, Nov. 19 from noon to 6 p.m. at Good Shep-
herd Medical Center, 610 N.W. 11th St.
•Monday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at New Hope
Community Church, 1350 S. Highway 395.
•Friday, Dec. 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Staf-
ford Hansell Government Center, 915 S.E. Columbia
Drive.
While walk-ins are welcome, donors are encouraged
to schedule an appointment by calling 1-800-733-2767 or
via www.redcrossblood.org.
Nazarene church to serve others
Instead of a regular Sunday morning church service on
Nov. 18, Hermiston Church of the Nazarene is going out
into the community.
Mission To Others is Sunday, Nov. 18 from 9-11 a.m.
Those who participate are invited to return to the church
for lunch at 11:30 a.m., 1520 W. Orchard Ave.
For more information, including service opportunities
and work sites, contact 541-567-3677, hermistonnaz@
gmail.com or visit www.hermistonnazarene.org.
FILE PHOTO
Volunteers bow their heads in prayer before serving at the Community Fellowship Dinner last Thanksgiving in Hermiston. This
year’s free meal is Thursday, Nov. 22 at Hermiston High School.
Community to cook up holiday meal
By TAMMY MALGESINI
COMMUNITY EDITOR
A tradition that sprouted
three decades ago to share
a free Thanksgiving dinner
with others continues this
holiday season.
Anyone who wants to
enjoy a free traditional
Thanksgiving
meal
is
invited to attend the Com-
munity Fellowship Dinner.
The first of two holiday sea-
son meals is Thursday, Nov.
22 — Thanksgiving Day —
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the
main commons at Hermis-
ton High School, 600 S. First
St. Also, people can make
arrangements to get a ride
or to schedule meal delivery
by calling the First Christian
Church at 541-567-3013 by
Tuesday, Nov. 20.
In the event’s beginning,
a few couples invited several
people who might not have
anyone to share the holiday
meal with. The first official
Community Fellowship Din-
ner, held on Thanksgiving
in 1988, doubled in size by
Christmas — and has con-
tinued to grow each year. By
1993, a board of directors
was developed to oversee
the meal ministry — which
had ballooned from 30 par-
ticipants to 400-500.
The premise behind the
free meal, said Gary Hum-
phreys, CFD board chair-
man, was never about some-
one not being able to afford
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the meal as well as after-
wards to help with clean-up.
One thing the board is
extremely proud of, Hum-
phreys said, is the food is
always really good. As the
dinners have drawn more
people — upwards of 800
meals have been served
during several Thanksgiv-
ings — support has grown
from area businesses. Hum-
phreys said Shari’s Cafe &
Pies, Fiesta Foods, Reser’s
Fine Foods, Hill Meat Com-
pany, Lamb Weston and pre-
viously Hermiston Foods
have all been great commu-
nity partners. In addition,
Humphreys said Safeway
has provided uniform-sized
turkeys at cost and Roger’s
Toyota has given generous
financial support.
After being held for more
than two decades at the
Hermiston Senior Center, the
board was tasked with find-
ing a new venue for 2017.
Humphreys said not only are
the facilities at Hermiston
High School exceptional, but
the support of the school dis-
trict has been fantastic.
When snow fell on Christ-
mas Eve last year, Hum-
phreys was concerned about
having the manpower to ade-
quately clear the parking lot
before diners arrived in the
morning. However, he didn’t
have to worry.
“They had people out
there clearing the parking
lot,” Humphreys said. “It
was amazing.”
For more information, to
volunteer or to arrange a ride
or meal delivery (after Tues-
day), contact 541-371-9772
or
cfdhermiston@gmail.
com. Additional informa-
tion about the Community
Fellowship Dinner is avail-
able by searching Facebook.
Also, financial contributions
to support the meal ministry
can be sent to Community
Fellowship Dinner, P.O. Box
1551, Hermiston, OR 97838.
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a Thanksgiving dinner. The
vision, he said, was to reach
people who might otherwise
be by themselves for the
holiday.
“There was a guy who
had eaten alone many times,”
Humphreys said. “The idea
was to promote this as, ‘If
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A set-up party will be held
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