Free Community Dinner options burgers, sizzling canines, and enjoyable

BY SHERI TRUSTY

PORT CLINTON – When Kristina Tilson discovered that the Ottawa County Family Advocacy Center (FAC) wanted somebody to volunteer to cook dinner for his or her month-to-month Community Dinner, she determined to place her culinary abilities to make use of. She understands how impactful the occasions are to native residents.

“(FAC Executive Director) Connie Roe told me they lost their cook, and I said, ‘I can do that,’” Tilson mentioned. “A lot of people volunteer for this, including men and women from Light House Sober Living and Pastor Jarrod Schaaf from St. John Lutheran Church.”

The month-to-month meals are held the fourth Tuesday of the month on the FAC workplace at 570 McKinley Dr. in Port Clinton and embody a free meal, children actions, and the possibility to attach with different native residents. The Aug. 25 meal included hamburgers and sizzling canines grilled by Jeff Schill of Light House Sober Living, together with the meals Tilson ready, which included baked beans, coleslaw, watermelon, corn on the cob, and do-it-yourself macaroni and cheese.

After dinner, Schaaf’s daughter, Zoe Schaaf, hosted outside children video games within the FAC yard. But earlier than that, the FAC group room was full of folks having fun with dinner, speaking, laughing, and having the chance to attach with neighbors and new buddies. Among them was retired St. Boniface priest, Father Jim Peiffer.

“It’s just nice to be with all these folks,” he mentioned. “It’s a great idea.”

The subsequent free Community Dinner shall be held on Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.