Khadarlis Community Thanksgiving Dinner

We're all excited to be home for the holidays, especially when we have a delicious turkey waiting for us!

Meet some of those who came!

Unfortunately, while each of us enjoys turkey with our families not everyone is able to.

Providence's unemployment and homeless rate rank among the highest U.S., and ever year hundreds of people can't afford to have a turkey. Worse, some people won't be able celebrate at all.

Thanks to efforts of local organizations and communities, we can bring Thanksgiving to those who need it most!

This past Thanksgiving, Khadarlis teamed up with SIXFIVE81 to bring hold a Thanksgiving dinner that was open to the public. It was an awesome success and the picture to the right illustrates some of the people who came by!

If you stopped by, you might even have spotted Senator Paul Jabour.

We want to give special thanks to our sponsors who were gracious enough to donate food for this event with less than an month's worth of time before it started. We also want to thank our volunteers and executive staff for planning an event like this.

Dinner was delicious! If you're curious about who was cooking, it was Khadarlis' very own President, Dharlis Johnson, who not only prepared the ingredients the evening before, but cooked them too. 

President Dharlis Johnson (left)

Khadarlis will keep serving the homeless and struggling people of Rhode Island. We hope to hold another Thanksgiving event next year.

But one organization can't do it alone!

We need readers and supporters like you! When we truly strive to help others, we're working to create stronger communities.

Please, visit our website and see what you can do to help. Every donation and share counts!