Hundreds eat Edmonton Thanksgiving dinner put on by volunteers [Video]

Many volunteers had a hand in creating a feast in friendship Monday for Thanksgiving dinner in central Edmonton.

Boyle Street Community Services and the Bissel Centre, city organizations that help people dealing with homelessness and poverty, partnered with the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology’s (NAIT) culinary program to feed hundreds for the annual holiday at the downtown Boyle Street Plaza.

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Dan Zimmerman, Boyle Street’s community services lead, told CTV News Edmonton on Monday about 1,500 people would be fed over two meal times for the annual Friendship Feast.

“It’s amazing to see their generosity and their talents,” Zimmerman said of the efforts by the NAIT students and instructors to create the meals.

“The food is so good and it’s something that a lot of our folks don’t get to experience very often. I think a warm meal, especially as it …