The Good Neighbor Food Pantry is partnering with Family of Woodstock to keep the community Thanksgiving meal tradition alive and feed families and individuals in need.

Chef Ric Orlando, Stephanie Schachter from the former Joshua’s restaurant, and a handful of volunteers will be cooking Thanksgiving dinner.

This year, dinner will be offered through two seatings instead of the traditional open-ended arrangement, where a steady stream of people came through the community center all day.

“We realized in the past they left it open, come in when you want, and we weren’t able to feed as many people,” Orlando said.

This way, people have time to eat and socialize, then the volunteers have time to get ready for the next seating, he explained.

“So we’re hoping to do two full turns, so we can max

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