A day to give Thanks

Friday marked the Dinner Project's Thanksgiving dinner. We asked our friends and family to come and eat a traditional Thanksgiving meal with us and show their support for the work that we are doing by donating directly to the Dinner Project. A non-profit organization is, sadly, not a cheap thing to start or continue, and while we don't have salaries or rent to pay, there are a few costs that are necessary.

Friday's event brought in roughly $300 which will be applied directly towards our costs in filing the necessary paperwork to classify our organization as non-profit and gain tax exempt status. Over the course of the last few months we have raised around $4500 that has been distributed to various charities with the generous donations of all the friends and family that have attended our different events. With the donations raised on Friday, we can continue our momentum and make the coming events even more successful.

Thanks to everyone that attended on Friday. If you didn't attend, you missed out on a raffle for some of Jessica's handmade jewelry, as well as a smorgasbord of traditional Thanksgiving fare. We held discussion on the future plans of the Dinner Project and our next event will be in January to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charity. We will be asking for in-kind donations, as well as monetary, so if you get something for Christmas you don't want, save it and donate it to charity.