A giving tradition: Columbia Basin Elks keep annual Thanksgiving event going amid limitations
Kandi Bersanti, front, and Bryan Blann fill up trays with Thanksgiving meal staples in the kitchen of the Elks Lodge in Moses Lake on Wednesday.
Casey McCarthy/Columbia Basin Herald
Doug Gambriel holds up his Thanksgiving dinner with a smile after coming through the drive-thru at the Community Thanksgiving Dinner-To-Go at the Elks Lodge in Moses Lake on Wednesday.
Volunteer John Killian takes trays of food ready to be handed out as they are prepared in the kitchen at the Elks Lodge in Moses Lake on Wednesday afternoon.
The Elks Lodge annual Thanksgiving dinner event looked a bit different this year without tables full of guests as they shifted to a drive-thru format this year due to COVID-19.
A pair of smiles light up inside the car as Jennifer Killian hands the two community members their free Thanksgiving dinners at the Community Thanksgiving Dinner-to-go event at the Elks Lodge in Moses Lake on Wednesday.
Smiles and ‘thank yous’ were in abundance as people came through the line at the Elks Lodge in Moses Lake on Wednesday afternoon. While the event might have looked a little different this year with restrictions due to COVID-19, the appreciation from the community remained the same.
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