Vickie Rogers, center, gives Buffy Nason a hug Wednesday as Nason and her husband, Dick, sit down for a Thanksgiving meal at the Community Hall in Otisfield. The Otisfield Social Outreach Committee has held a Thanksgiving luncheon on the third Wednesday of November every year since 2011, except for 2020. “We realized that we live in such a rural area that people did not have many chances to get to know each other,” said event co-founder Elaine Doble-Verrill. About 15 volunteers helped cook Tuesday and 20 volunteers helped with Wednesday’s meal. Rogers was one of those who helped during prior events. “I used to be the tray washer. But now I am too old,” said 80-year-old Rogers. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Mary Jane Ochkie, left, and Alana Grover cut homemade pies Wednesday for the Thanksgiving meal at the Community Hall in Otisfield. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
A Thanksgiving luncheon has been held at the Community Hall in Otisfield on the third Wednesday of November yearly since 2011. The event was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Maryanne Hill, left, greets visitors Wednesday as they arrive for a Thanksgiving meal at the Community Hall in Otisfield. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
People enjoy a free Thanksgiving meal Wednesday at the Community Hall in Otisfield. The building has been the former town library, a former garage and the old Otisfield dance hall. The signs that decorate the interior are all original signs. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Members of the Otisfield Social Outreach Committee cooked three turkeys and many pies for Wednesday’s free Thanksgiving meal. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Beth Coombs of Oxford and her husband, Dave Langlois, receive a Thanksgiving meal from volunteers Wednesday at the Community Hall in Otisfield. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Don Davis and Hazel Ward have a slice of pie Wednesday before people arrive for the Thanksgiving meal at the Community Hall in Otisfield. “My mother lived to 103 and she said to always eat dessert first,” said Davis. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Hazel Ward and Don Davis leave the Community Hall in Otisfield following Wednesday’s free community Thanksgiving meal. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
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