Thursday marked the 32nd year of Bob Bolus’s free Christmas dinner.
SCRANTON, Pa. — It was a day filled with full stomachs and full hearts in part of Scranton.
Bob Bolus held his annual free Christmas dinner at St. Patrick’s Church along Jackson Street.
Organizers say the goal of the dinner is to feed those in need and make sure no one spends the holiday alone.
“Some who don’t have families. Some who don’t have the means to have food on their own, and it’s just, I don’t want to cry–It’s just so beautiful to see that all of these people can get a meal on Christmas,” said Mary Lou Cherochak of Jessup.
“It’s just something I believed in. We have a lot of people home alone. We have people with PTSD, and this is a way for them to come here, enjoy the camaraderie, have a nice warm meal,” said Bob Bolus, organizer.
They served more than 6,000 meals today—a stark difference from 150 dinners when the annual giveaway started 32 years ago in Scranton.