The Sunday before Thanksgiving, Light at Fort Myers had an Appreciation Dinner/Thanksgiving dinner. There was a committee of ladies who put this together and I was honored to be a part of this committee. The idea of an "Appreciation Dinner" is to buy someone's meal that you appreciate. It's that simple. With the short time of planning this event, we did not do it the way we had originally planned but we still had a great turn out for our first one. The meal for adults was 3 bucks! And for kids, it was one dollar. You can't beat this price for a Thanksgiving meal. This will be annual event at Light.
The committee consisted of about 10 or so ladies. We all cooked a turkey (if not more than one) & dressing, some of us cooked a ham, some did desserts, some did the mashed potatoes & green beans. We asked the congregation to bring dessert as well. Some of the ladies decorated the fellowship hall.
This is us meeting a week before the event to make sure we all know what we are doing. We had a great time planning this event for the church.
The four pictures below are what I made for the dinner: brownies, cupcakes, ham & turkey.
This is my
TURKEY recipe that I used. It turned out great!! Well, I actually did not try it but Sean did and said it was great, so I will be doing this again. I did it in a crockpot because I have never cooked a turkey and you can never go wrong with a slow cook meal. Plus, this was easy & recommended by one of the ladies for me to do.
Below are some random photos of the event. Please disregard the alignment of them, I am having some issues with the photos aligning properly. I hope you enjoy them!
The ladies above are amazing. Deanna (left) made the fellowship hall look wonderful! & Gaila (right) was our wonderful director of this whole event!
This is my plate of food. It was delicious! Sorry but I prefer ham instead of turkey on Thanksgiving.
We had over 200 hundred people come to eat & fellowship with us! We were so thankful to have guests and family to come to this event. We cannot wait for next year's dinner! We also had entertainment throughout the meal. Thanks to all who performed! You all did a great job!!
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This is us meeting a week before the event to make sure we all know what we are doing. We had a great time planning this event for the church. 
The ladies above are amazing. Deanna (left) made the fellowship hall look wonderful! & Gaila (right) was our wonderful director of this whole event!
This is my plate of food. It was delicious! Sorry but I prefer ham instead of turkey on Thanksgiving.
