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La Crosse community Thanksgiving dinner back

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A surge of public support brings dinner for 34th year

The dinner is back. 

La Crosse’s community Thanksgiving dinner will go on as scheduled, thanks to a surge of volunteers offering to work with the planning committee. 

Last Friday, the dinner committee announced it was calling off this year’s event after 33 consecutive years, due to a shortage of people assigned to different tasks.

Committee secretary Tom Rand says that by November 1, they’ll be ready to start signing up workers for the Thanksgiving dinner at the La Crosse Center. 

 

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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