All over town, Westport families are reimagining Thanksgiving. Tables will be smaller; celebrations, more subdued.
Saugatuck Congregational Church has made changes too. The Community Thanksgiving Day Feast — a 40-year interfaith tradition — will not bring hundreds of folks together there, to share turkey, trimmings and fellowship.
But older and needy Westporters will not be forgotten. Organizers are working with OnTheMarc Events to provide meals through the Gillespie Center and Senior Center. Support comes from the Interfaith Council of Westport and Weston, Westport Rotary Club, Westport Sunrise Rotary and Temple Israel.
Saugatuck Church has also organized a Thanksgiving hotline. Residents in need can confidentially request food assistance. Click here to fill out the form, or call 203-227-1261.
Donations are needed to help support the assistance program. Click here to help.
For 20 years, Coleytown Elementary School students have created holiday cards as Community Feast decorations. They’ll do the same, to accompany food at the shelter and Senior Center.
Saugatuck Church’s Thanksgiving may look different this year. But some traditions never change.
This year’s Community Thanksgiving Feast will look different from years past (above). ’
But the willingness of Westporters to support one another continues — this year virtually.
