Big Thanksgiving Day Meal in Tyler

TYLER – The Salvation Army’s annual community Thanksgiving dinner will take place from 10:30am to 1:00pm. It will be at The Salvation Army’s Center of Hope Dining Room, 633 North Broadway Avenue. They expect to serve around 1,500 dinner guests. It will be a traditional thanksgiving meal with turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, yams and rolls. Lindsey Galabeas, the Community & Public Relations Coordinator with the Salvation Army in Tyler, says over 100 volunteers prepare and serve the meal. And some of them volunteer each year. And she says it is a community meal, anyone may come. There will also be special entertainment. The Hubbard Family, a 5-piece East Texas musical group, will be performing as the guests enjoy their meal.