Mannkind, Surrey Urban Mission Society (SUMS) and Surrey Costco put together a turkey dinner with all the fixing for those in need at the Surrey Urban Mission on December 23rd.
We had about 50-60 guests attend the dinner on Friday night and each person enjoyed a full plate (or two) of very nicely cooked turkey, tasty vegetables, creamy mashed potatoes and fresh salad. Every guest was served at their table by Mannkind and/or community volunteers.
The great thing about organizing a charitable event during the holiday’s is that it attracts a lot of good-hearted, self-less people from the community that just want to join-in the spirit of giving and gratitude that the season celebrates.
Just before we began serving at 5pm there were a bunch of community members that had stopped by the Urban Mission to drop-off warm clothes, care packages and pet food for those in need and saw that we were about to serve a warm meal to the people lining up outside, and so they rolled up their sleeves and jumped right in to serve turkey and help clean-up!
A BIG holiday thank-you to all the volunteers that took time away from their families and last minute Christmas preparations to give their energy and attention to those in need in their community!
This was the last community event of 2011 for Mannkind and we were very happy to see how many volunteers joined us that night, thanks-you all again very much! We hope you will consider joining us on Saturday, December 23rd for our New Year’s Eve Winter Wonderland Fundraising Gala!
Tickets are still available so if you don’t have plans yet and you are looking for something fun for the whole family, we hope you will consider coming to the gala to celebrate Mannkind’s work-to-date and what’s to come in 2012!
You can check out the rest of the pictures from this event in our Photo Gallery.
