Tecumseh Thanksgiving Dinner Serves 1,125 Meals

Taycie Baker stacks up boxed slices of pie for to-go meals at the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner at Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium. Event organizer and Baker’s grandmother Suzanne Gilbert said they gave out 625 to-go dinners and 500 dine-in meals for a total of 1,125 this year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Taycie Baker stacks up boxed slices of pie for to-go meals at the 18th Annual Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner at Tecumseh City Hall Auditorium. Event organizer and Baker’s grandmother Suzanne Gilbert said they gave out 625 to-go dinners and 500 dine-in meals for a total of 1,125 this year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

It has been 18 years since Randy and Suzanne Gilbert started the Tecumseh Family Thanksgiving Dinner.

And it is still a free option for those in need, those needing company and those who are homebound.

After the COVID-19 pandemic made it a drive-thru event in the Gilbert Insurance parking lot for a couple of years, they still offer a drive-thru option at the back door of Tecumseh City Hall.

Suzanne G…