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Patron's generosity leads to a Thanksgiving feast
by Outspoken on Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:42 am
Patron's generosity leads to a Thanksgiving feast at restaurant
BY DOUG HARLOW
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
NORRIDGEWOCK -- An anonymous patron of a Main Street restaurant said he would pick up the tab for 160 Thanksgiving dinners, with all the fixings, next Thursday if the restaurant owner agreed to host the event and cook the food.
Laura Lorette, owner of What's For Supper restaurant, accepted the challenge, then recruited about 30 members of her extended family who will help her cook and wait on tables.
Lorette said she is calling the event a "community celebration feast" and it's free for all area residents, not just those who live in Norridgewock.
"It was last Wednesday, one of my customers was in just to get coffee and muffins and asked what I was doing for Thanksgiving dinner," Lorette said. "I told him the restaurant was closed and we were going to have a family dinner and he said, 'I will make a deal with you, Laura, if you will open up and feed those people who don't have a place to go, I will pay for the meals.'"
Lorette was in.
She said she contacted local churches, Norridgewock Central Grade School and the Community Food Cupboard to get the word out and to help bring in food donations.
She said she also asked her mother, Linda Daigle, who works at What's For Supper, to help, along with her four children, her brother and sister, their families, cousins and other family members as well.
"I called them to let them know that I thought that Thanksgiving was going to change and asked how they felt about it and everybody was on board and willing to participate," Lorette said. "Everybody's going to come and help serve and cook."
There are to be four, one-hour servings for 40 people each, beginning at noon on Thanksgiving Day. Reservations are needed to assure that there is enough food and enough room for everybody.
"If the demand is greater, then we will feed more -- I'll fill up those early reservations first," she said.
Lorette's two sons, Percy, a fifth-grader, and Forrest, a second-grader, said they look forward to helping people enjoy Thanksgiving this year.
"It's probably just going to be good because I like to help people," Forrest said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5624362.html
Staff photo by David Leaming
BY DOUG HARLOW
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
NORRIDGEWOCK -- An anonymous patron of a Main Street restaurant said he would pick up the tab for 160 Thanksgiving dinners, with all the fixings, next Thursday if the restaurant owner agreed to host the event and cook the food.
Laura Lorette, owner of What's For Supper restaurant, accepted the challenge, then recruited about 30 members of her extended family who will help her cook and wait on tables.
Lorette said she is calling the event a "community celebration feast" and it's free for all area residents, not just those who live in Norridgewock.
"It was last Wednesday, one of my customers was in just to get coffee and muffins and asked what I was doing for Thanksgiving dinner," Lorette said. "I told him the restaurant was closed and we were going to have a family dinner and he said, 'I will make a deal with you, Laura, if you will open up and feed those people who don't have a place to go, I will pay for the meals.'"
Lorette was in.
She said she contacted local churches, Norridgewock Central Grade School and the Community Food Cupboard to get the word out and to help bring in food donations.
She said she also asked her mother, Linda Daigle, who works at What's For Supper, to help, along with her four children, her brother and sister, their families, cousins and other family members as well.
"I called them to let them know that I thought that Thanksgiving was going to change and asked how they felt about it and everybody was on board and willing to participate," Lorette said. "Everybody's going to come and help serve and cook."
There are to be four, one-hour servings for 40 people each, beginning at noon on Thanksgiving Day. Reservations are needed to assure that there is enough food and enough room for everybody.
"If the demand is greater, then we will feed more -- I'll fill up those early reservations first," she said.
Lorette's two sons, Percy, a fifth-grader, and Forrest, a second-grader, said they look forward to helping people enjoy Thanksgiving this year.
"It's probably just going to be good because I like to help people," Forrest said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5624362.html
Staff photo by David Leaming
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