Volunteer Duffy Chen, 79, puts gravy on a turkey before serving Thanksgiving lunch at Riverdale YM-YWHA Senior Center on Tuesday.
On Saturday Chef Ian Nerwen began this pre work in anticipation of Riverdale YM-YWHA Senior Center lunch in on Tuesday. The menu included Mushroom Barley soup as the started followed by the entrée of turkey with gravy, stuffing, vegetables, cranberry sauce, sweet potato yams – some had chicken or fish and for desserts pumpkin pie with grapes.
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Rows of pumpkin pie with grapes for dessert at the Thanksgiving lunch into a rack at Riverdale YM-YWHA Senior Center on Tuesday.
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The giving season unofficially begins with Thanksgiving week and volunteers like Duffy Chen, 79, served an early Thanksgiving lunch at The Riverdale Y Senior Center on Tuesday.
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Joyce Henery, 75, receives Thanksgiving lunch on Tuesday from Sharon Asherman, the director of the Riverdale YM-YWHA Senior Center. About two hundred plates were served this year.