THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, 2022
SOUTH BOSTON ONLINE
VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74
Continuing the Good Work
Cathe Walsh, Volunteer.
Longtime
by Rick Winterson
T
he “Msgr. Thomas J. McDonnell and Frank Kelley Thanksgiving Dinners”, as well as the many volunteers who are members, are still continuing the good work
they perform each Thanksgiving Day. This Year of Our Lord 2022 is no exception. Perhaps as many as 50 volunteers sent out complete turkey dinners, along with all the trimmin’s, to South Bostonians who otherwise might have had to do without. The traditions established by Msgr. McDonnell, the last Pastor of St. Augustine Church, and Frank Kelley, a Mess Sergeant, are continuing. Now we certainly recognize that numbers can be dull reading, but perhaps just a few numbers are worth mentioning here. It has been 39 years since the McDonnell/Kelley Dinners beg a n t heir T ha n k sgiv ing mission of providing feasts for free, in and around South Boston. That’s approximately 15,000 dinners served in total during the previous years. More than 600 were delivered this year. For a moment, please just Continued on Page 2
Christmas Stroll Tonight
Edward and Telly from Stapleton’s Florist are placing Christmas lights on our Branch Library’s Christmas tree, in time for South Boston’s Holiday Stroll Tonight from 4 to 8 p.m.
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