BERLIN — A delicious hot turkey dinner was handed out to 370 people Wednesday night as the Community Cafe at Harvest Christian Fellowship held its annual Christmas dinner.
At a time when statistics estimate one in seven men, women and children in the state do not know where their next meal will come from, the Community Cafe and the Feeding Hope Food Pantry strives to help fill the need.
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