 The Brainerd American Legion is making sure that no one goes without a meal this Thanksgiving. Volunteers have been busy in the kitchen preparing for tomorrow's big feast. Our Logan Gay has more on the meal. For over nine years, the Brainerd American Legion has been participating in the community Thanksgiving. This year they are expecting to feed over 600 people. It seems to get bigger and bigger. It seems like we're jumping about 100 every year is what we're anticipating. So it's great. They have been preparing for the big meal for over a week. I had 20 cases of turkey in my freezer and like 12 cases of mashed potatoes and just stuff everywhere. So we started actually pulling the turkeys out and thawing them this past weekend, started cooking them on Monday. We'll slice the turkeys tomorrow. So, what's on the menu? The other dishes are going to be coleslaw stuffing, which stuffing is being made over the VFW already. We have to make the green bean casserole. And of course the turkey, which is being prepared by volunteer Cook, DeWayne Collins, who said that it's being cooked with love. They're going to taste great because I prepared the food if I was going to eat it. And everyone's invited. Anybody's welcome. If you just want a place where you can fit your whole family, like if you have 12 to 15 people coming in a table for six, come down. And new this year, the Legion has decided to donate any extra funds from the community meal. People have been so gracious with the funds that they've been giving. We decided that we're going to be giving it to the food shelf. The community Thanksgiving dinner will begin at 11 a.m. at the Brainerd Legion in Brainerd, Logan Gay, Lakeland News. The Brainerd Elks, VFW and Eagles are also helping to provide the food for the community meal. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.