CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Bon Air Presbyterian Church in Chesterfield County hosted day one of meal preparation Monday morning for Bridging RVA’s 11th annual Community Christmas Day Dinner. About a dozen volunteers began their shifts at 9:30 a.m. wheeling in pans of turkey to be weighed and portioned for Thursday’s dinner.
“Our volunteers will get to work doing the turkey, making the macaroni and cheese, and just getting the pies going and everything ready for the dinner so it’s good on Christmas day,” said the nonprofit’s executive director Lee Ann Sawyer.
Over four days, about 300 volunteers help prepare the 3,000 meals and will serve the dinners from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Congregation Beth Ahabah at 1121 West Franklin Street in Richmond…