How many Kiwanis volunteers does it take to serve a turkey dinner to the Devils Lake community?
It’s no joke, just hard work and dedication that brings one fantastic meal to over 300 people for the holiday.
Volunteers from the Devils Lake Kiwanis service group gave up their own Thanksgiving with their families to cook up 12 turkeys,  stuffing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, gravy, mixed peas and carrots, rolls and home-made pie for dessert.
A number of meals went out to home deliveries, several to the Lake Region Law Enforcement Center and the prisoners incarcerated there and about 85 to 90 people filled the tables of the Senior Center’s dining room.
Volunteer Stephanie Armstrong figured when all was said and done they’d served about 300 meals, all total.
“That’s about how many we planned for and I think we managed to do it,” she said.
The inmates at the LEC even asked for seconds on turkey, so one of the volunteers obliged and delivered more to them.
They started serving just after 11 a.m. and by 1 p.m. clean-up was nearly complete.
Now, all they need to do is rest up a few weeks and they will be doing it all over again for Christmas.