GRASSROOTS: Free Turkey Tastes Good In The Hood

(Grassroots: Page 13)

By Todd Curran

A group of community minded friends called The Hood, live on the 600 block neighbourHOOD of Black Diamond and have struck again…
The collection of six families, who began decorating parade floats and performing other community services around four years ago, recently put on a free Christmas turkey dinner for over 200 seniors in the area. “We invited as many Black Diamond, Turner Valley and Longview seniors as we could,” says Head Hood Jerry Brun. “We ended up with about 200 that came out and enjoyed the dinner.”
The dinner was held on December 4th at Griffiths Memorial Centre and required three seatings to accommodate the hungry crowd. “It turned out good,” Jerry says. “We had one seating at lunch and two at dinner, received some wonderful donations from local people and a local band played great music to keep the crowd entertained.”
Although The Hood hasn't reconvened since the event, Jerry is hopeful that they will make the Christmas turkey dinner an annual event. “Everyone was happy with how it went,” he says. “The seniors enjoyed it and I'd like to invite even more people next year.”
Another member of The Hood is Black Diamond Mayor, Sharlene Brown, who describes them as, “A really good group of friends that like doing things together for the community. It's a great neighbourhood to live in.”