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Season’s feast coming to New Gethsemane Church
A full traditional Thanksgiving meal including turkey, ham, yams and mashed potatoes will be provided for all who show. The feast will be from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. in New Gethsemane’s cafeteria.
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Waterfront restaurant hosts Thanksgiving for homeless
There’s something about Menbere Aklilu. Maybe it’s the way she calls everyone bella. Maybe it’s the affection she pours onto her friends and customers. Or maybe it’s the way her honest eyes well with...
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Rich-Con Cooks!
You cooked for us, now we’ll cook for you! We debuted Richmond Cooks on this day last year, featuring several recipes from the kitchens of Richmond Confidential readers. This year, our staff has...
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A Richmond legacy of giving continues
Every day nearly two hundred of Richmond’s hungry are served free meals by the Greater Richmond Interfaith Project volunteers. This Thanksgiving, GRIP seeks to feed hundreds more. “We just want to...
View ArticleThe table is set: Free holiday meals
For those without a place to stay or food to eat, Thanksgiving may conjure mixed emotions. Several Richmond churches and non-profits are fostering togetherness and nourishment by offering free meals...
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Rich-Con Cooks 2012
Two years ago we began sharing the secret ingredients to the dishes that have made our lives yummy. This year we bring you our best. From drinks to dessert, we present a modest menu that will...
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Salute restaurant continues tradition with free meals for the homeless
As Menbere Aklilu looked across the office in her restaurant, she sighed deeply and said she promised herself she wouldn’t cry this time. This time, it was her second year hosting a Thanksgiving...
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Hilltop Church of Christ celebrates Thanksgiving early with free meal
Saturday was the ninth annual free dinner hosted at Hilltop Church of Christ. The event, which also includes a turkey and ham giveaway, attracted a huge turnout -- organizers estimated that it was the...
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Richmond restaurant and churches provide free Thanksgiving meals
Several churches, shelters, and a restaurant on the waterfront are planning to hand out free Thanksgiving dinners to those who need them the most this week.
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A Rich Con Thanksgiving 2013
Thanksgiving day recipes from our Richmond Confidential reporters.
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Low and slow: Lowriders raise profile of Thanksgiving food drive
Tables lining the parking lot were loaded with cans, jars, and packages. DJ Krazy boomed War’s classic “Low Rider” as families wandered the parking lot, admiring the cars and chatting with friends.
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Richmond restaurant to host more than 1,000 people for homeless, veteran...
Salute e Vita's annual Thanksgiving Day Celebration has grown into an event expected to host more than 1,000 veterans and other homeless men, women and children from around the Bay Area.
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Richmond restaurateur gives back for Thanksgiving
For the fourth Thanksgiving in a row, Salute E Vita provides a warm and welcome food tradition, which has proved especially hospitable to one particular group of people: veterans.
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Thanksgiving is over, but wild turkeys still roam Richmond’s neighborhoods
Now in Richmond, wild turkeys chase joggers in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, pad around parking lots at Hilltop, leave droppings on residents’ driveways in Point Richmond, and have been sighted on the...
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Thanksgiving comes early for Richmond seniors
About 60 senior citizens attended this year’s Richmond Annex Senior Center's Thanksgiving lunch. Richmond Fire Department fire fighters helped serve the food, prepared by students of Contra Costa...
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After hard times, restaurant owner warms hearts in Richmond with love
Menbere Aklilu has come a long way. From a struggling single mother, she is now a restaurant owner in Richmond, after moving from her native Ethiopia and a time in Italy. Aklilu hosts an annual...
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