On Saturday, the Mattapoisett Lions Club held their annual Senior Dinner at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church on 27 Church Street.
The free dinner was open to all local seniors, with visitors entering the large hall and taking their seats at one of many tables lining the middle of the room, or makeshift cafeteria. At around 12:00 pm, hungry guests flooded in and were quickly served their turkey dinner.
The kitchen to the back of the room was scrambling, though not chaotically. Though they had many to serve, the assembly line of disciplined volunteers cranked away, as servers ran plates out to the room with no open seats.
Music was also being played live towards the front of the room, as attendees chatted, were waited on by servers, and chowed down. It was not just all the fixings of a turkey dinner, as they were also graced with the holy light of apple pie towards the end of their meal.
Certainly, no one was to leave hungry, just like years prior.
By Sam Bishop