Lane County Youth Services invites the community to the 16th annual FREE community holiday meal on Wednesday, December 3. The meal, open to everyone, is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lane County Youth Services at 2727 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Eugene, and includes free food boxes to take home and a raffle for prizes.
“The meal means so much to our students, our staff, and so many community members who come back year after year to share a holiday meal with us,” said the event organizer, Senior Juvenile Justice Supervisor Shellye Reynoso. “Our students especially get to show off their culinary skills and see how their efforts serve people around them.”
Food for the event is prepared and served by students in the MLK Education Center Culinary Arts Program. Students are taught a wide variety of culinary, catering, and workplace skills. Students work alongside professionals who mentor and supervise them as they prepare three meals a day and cater small and large events. More than 400 community members were served during last year’s dinner.
