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Lazarus House feeds 400 in St. Charles

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Glen Ostgaard of Geneva fills a plate at Lazarus House's annual Thanksgiving Day dinner at the Salvation Army in St. Charles. Ostgaard has been coming to the dinner for the last several years.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Grady Babcock, 4, of St. Charles watches at his mom, Jill, loads his plate at the Lazarus House's annual Thanksgiving Day dinner at the Salvation Army in St. Charles.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Families dine at the annual Thanksgiving Day dinner hosted by Lazarus House at the Salvation Army in St. Charles.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Marlene Thanepohn, of St. Charles, attended the Lazarus House's annual Thanksgiving feast for the first time Thursday after spending the previous four holidays alone.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

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Not only have dozens of volunteers been signing up since early October to prepare and serve as many as 400 meals but Lazarus House Volunteer Coordinator Donna Bauer said just as many have been donating everything from ice, whipped cream and gravy to the 42 turkeys roasted and prepared by members of the St. Charles Moose Lodge.

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