Holiday Dinner Today in Naugatuck

Looking for someone to spend Christmas with? Want a good meal for the holiday? If so, the Conference of Churches in Naugatuck will once again sponsor its Christmas Day Dinner.

The dinner, which is free and open to the public, is for anyone wishing to share their Christmas with others. It will be held at 11 a.m. at St. Michael's Episcopal Church on the town Green. Santa will be visiting at 1 p.m. with gifts for all the good boys and girls. 

Organizers are asking for volunteers to help. The dinner will be prepared on Dec. 24, Monday. Volunteers are needed from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the church hall to clean and chop vegetables, decorate the hall and set up tables and chairs. I addition, volunteers are need to help carve turkeys and hams. People are asked to bring their own carving knife.

On Dec. 25, volunteers are needed to help deliver meals to homebound residents at 10:30 a.m. Servers are needed in the hall at 11 a.m. And a dedicated clean up crew is needed between 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.

People are also asked to donate desserts such as pies, cakes, cookies, etc. No cream desserts, please. People are asked to bring the deserts to the hall on Dec. 24 between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.

If you know anybody who would like a ride to the church hall or needs a meal delivered to their home, please contact Mike Kelly with the person's name, address, phone number and the number of people. There is absolutely no cost for the dinner.

Call Kelly at home at (203) 723-1640 or at his office (203) 729-2000.