Broad Ripple Lodge will once again be participating in the Prince Hall Thanksgiving dinner program this year. This year's program hopes to serve 1000 meals to the homeless, shut-ins and others who would otherwise not have a thanksgiving dinner.
Last year's event was an incredible collaboration of the Indianapolis area Prince Hall lodges, a program that began back in 1983, and Broad Ripple #643 was honored to be a part of it. This year we'll be at it again.
Deliveries will start at approximately 10AM and go on until early afternoon, but volunteers are also needed beforehand to help with prep work.
If you find yourself with a little bit of extra time that you can spare away from your family on Thanksgiving morning, stop in at the lodge at 22nd and Central Avenue, and just pick up one sack of dinners to deliver. You'll find appreciative brethren there, and a cheerful chaos of cooks, servers, drivers and interested bystanders.
And you'll find a grateful stranger on the other side of a door, truly thankful for your brief effort. And believe me, it will give you much to thank the GAOTU for when you sit down at your own table that afternoon.
Posted by Chris Hodapp at November 20, 2005 06:24 AM