Tecumseh Thanksgiving Dinner Serves 1,125 Meals

  • Taycie Baker stacks up boxed slices of pie for to-go meals at the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner at Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium. Event organizer and Baker’s grandmother Suzanne Gilbert said they gave out 625 to-go dinners and 500 dine-in meals for a total of 1,125 this year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Taycie Baker stacks up boxed slices of pie for to-go meals at the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner at Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium. Event organizer and Baker’s grandmother Suzanne Gilbert said they gave out 625 to-go dinners and 500 dine-in meals for a total of 1,125 this year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • Barbara Glover, Jean Cutting and Claudia Rice enjoy their meal and the saxophone music of Terry Woodward of Shawnee during the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner on Nov. 23 at the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium. Woodward is the OKC Police Department Chaplain, and he called to volunteer his musical services for the event this year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Barbara Glover, Jean Cutting and Claudia Rice enjoy their meal and the saxophone music of Terry Woodward of Shawnee during the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner on Nov. 23 at the Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium. Woodward is the OKC Police Department Chaplain, and he called to volunteer his musical services for the event this year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • Louise Blumenthal, right, takes dessert orders from Mitchel and Kathy White of Tecumseh during the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner.
    Louise Blumenthal, right, takes dessert orders from Mitchel and Kathy White of Tecumseh during the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner.
  • Aaron O’Rorke adds rolls and cranberry sauce to a meal for Katie Overstreet to deliver to a table during the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner at Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 23. Also volunteering are Matt Goodson, behind Overstreet, and from left, Rita Goodson, Jordan Baker, Taycie Baker, Annie Jo Gilbert and Dustie Baker.
    Aaron O’Rorke adds rolls and cranberry sauce to a meal for Katie Overstreet to deliver to a table during the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner at Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 23. Also volunteering are Matt Goodson, behind Overstreet, and from left, Rita Goodson, Jordan Baker, Taycie Baker, Annie Jo Gilbert and Dustie Baker.
  • Dustie Baker, far left, adds gravy to two meals held by OKC Police Sergeant John Blumenthal during the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner at Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 23. Blumenthal is friends with Tecumseh Police Chief J.R. Kidney, and he and his mother decided to work the dinner this year, along with OKCPD Chaplain Terry Woodward, who played saxophone for the event. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Dustie Baker, far left, adds gravy to two meals held by OKC Police Sergeant John Blumenthal during the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner at Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 23. Blumenthal is friends with Tecumseh Police Chief J.R. Kidney, and he and his mother decided to work the dinner this year, along with OKCPD Chaplain Terry Woodward, who played saxophone for the event. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • Ronnye Sharp and Linda Bowles slice pumpkin pies and place them on plates or in containers during the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner at Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 23. Event organizer Suzanne Gilbert said they gave out 625 to-go dinners and 500 dine-in meals for a total of 1,125 this year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Ronnye Sharp and Linda Bowles slice pumpkin pies and place them on plates or in containers during the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner at Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium on Nov. 23. Event organizer Suzanne Gilbert said they gave out 625 to-go dinners and 500 dine-in meals for a total of 1,125 this year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • Katie Overstreet and J.R. Kidney volunteer on Thanksgiving.
    Katie Overstreet and J.R. Kidney volunteer on Thanksgiving.
  • Ronnye Sharp, Randy Gilbert, Suzanne Gilbert & Larry Irby pause for a picture.
    Ronnye Sharp, Randy Gilbert, Suzanne Gilbert & Larry Irby pause for a picture.
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It has been 18 years since Randy and Suzanne Gilbert started the Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner. And it is still a free option for those in need, those needing company and those who are homebound. After the COVID-19 pandemic made it a drive-thru event in the Gilbert Insurance parking lot for a couple of years, they still offer a drive-thru option at the back door of Tecumseh City Hall. …

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