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Photos: ‘Let us break bread together’

Jamaya Leftwic smiles as she listens to her grandmother Shirley Fennell, near right, during lunch at the Community Kitchen Thursday. Fennell's son, Jeremy Fennell, left, listens to the exchange as he puts more ice in his cup. — Jamaya Leftwic smiles as she listens to her grandmother Shirley Fennell, near right, during lunch at the Community Kitchen Thursday. Fennell's son, Jeremy Fennell, left, listens to the exchange as he puts more ice in his cup. Jamaya Leftwic smiles as she listens to her grandmother Shirley Fennell, near right, during lunch at the Community Kitchen Thursday. Fennell's son, Jeremy Fennell, left, listens to the exchange as he puts more ice in his cup.

By Tim Barber November 24, 2017 1 min read

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Community Kitchen Thanksgiving Dinner

Community Kitchen board chairman John Leavens, right, begins to fill plates of food, then passes to Christie Gillary, Grant Gillary and Jonathan Sharp to complete the serving Thursday at the annual Thanksgiving Dinner on East 11th Street.

Young volunteers pull on their sanitary gloves Thursday morning at the Community Kitchen's annual Thanksgiving Dinner at the East 11th Street facility. From left are, Dakota Evans, Ashlyn Webster and Destiny Hunt, of Tunnel Hill.

Several varieties of pie rest on the serving line Thursday at the Community Kitchen's annual Thanksgiving Dinner.

A full seating area inside the Community Kitchen kept a line of people waiting into the next room Thursday at the annual Thanksgiving Dinner on East 11th Street.

Jamaya Leftwic smiles as she listens to her grandmother Shirley Fennell, near right, during lunch at the Community Kitchen Thursday. Fennell's son, Jeremy Fennell, left, listens to the exchange as he puts more ice in his cup.

Volunteer, Minister Dale Edmonds holds high a plate ready to serve at the Community Kitchen. "Serving is a rewarding experience. I think it does more for me than it does for them," Edmonds said. It was the annual Thanksgiving Dinner at the East 11th Street facility Thursday morning.

A Community Kitchen volunteer offers bread at the tables during the annual Thanksgiving Dinner on East 11th Street .

Last in line - By 11:30 a.m., the last person in line has a short wait for food at the Community Kitchen's annual Thanksgiving Dinner at the East 11th Street facility Thursday morning.

Three people leave the Community Kitchen after eating at Thursday's annual Thanksgiving Dinner at the East 11th Street facility.

Community Kitchen chief operations officer Jimmy Turner listens to the concerns of a person attending the annual Thanksgiving Dinner at the East 11th Street facility Thursday morning.

The Community Kitchen held its annual Thanksgiving Dinner at the East 11th Street facility on Thursday, Nov. 23.