Brittney Niles, front, Jeff Lawson and Ashley Dillon of The Owls Nest dish up containers of food. Photos by Deb Patterson.

By Deb Patterson
InkFreeNews

NORTH WEBSTER — A few folks were lined up as early as 2 p.m. today at The Owls Nest, North Webster, for an opportunity to get a free Christmas dinner. Distribution started at 4 p.m. with only 150 meals available, and by approximately 4:40 p.m. all meals had been distributed.

The meal distribution was moved from Saturday, Dec. 24, to Thursday afternoon due to the pending weather predictions.

The dinner consisted of Parmesan crusted chicken with a white wine sauce, garlic mashed potatoes, homestyle green beans, a roll and butter.

A crew from The Owls Nest dished up the meals while volunteers from Ruoff Mortgage, along with Lisa Strombeck, Mike Shock, Monica Wilson, Chris and LeAnn Francis, Lindsay Grossnickle and her daughter, Norah, and others joined in handing out the dinners.

Recipients of the meals were elated, many offering thanks and saying, “God bless you.”