{"id":314595,"date":"2026-10-26T15:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314595\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:26:23","slug":"bob-bolus-christmas-dinner-to-go-on-in-memory-of-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314595\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Bolus Christmas dinner to go on, in memory of him"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a gift that will keep on giving, even after its namesake founder has died.<\/p>\n

A longtime friend of the late Bob Bolus announced Monday his annual Christmas Day dinner in Scranton will take place Dec. 25 for the 33rd year, this time in his memory.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to share that we\u2019ll be continuing the tradition of the Bob Bolus Sr. Christmas Day Dinner for its 33rd year this Christmas,\u201d Doug Miller said in the announcement.<\/p>\n

The dinner will be held from noon to 6 p.m. at St. Patrick\u2019s Church\/All Saints Academy, 1425 Jackson St. in West Scranton, \u201cin memory of Bob and to keep something alive that has meant so much to so many.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bolus, a tow-truck company owner and political activist, died at age 83 on Sept. 10 in a hospital from an illness.<\/p>\n

Last December, Bolus hosted his 32nd annual free community turkey dinner with all the fixings. Over the years, he and volunteers dished out thousands of sit-down dinners and takeouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Bob always said, \u2018Nobody should be alone on Christmas.\u2019 Those words mean even more this year as we come together to honor Bob and carry on something he cared so deeply about,\u201d said Miller, a dinner volunteer. \u201cFor so many, this dinner has become a Christmas tradition, and for the volunteers who return year after year, it\u2019s become a family. It\u2019s about more than a meal. It\u2019s about bringing people together and making sure nobody feels alone on Christmas Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ImageImage of announcement poster for 33rd Annual Bob Bolus Sr. Christmas Day Dinner in West Scranton, to be held this year in his memory. Bolus died in September 2026 at age 83. (IMAGE PROVIDED \/ COURTESY OF DOUG MILLER)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a gift that will keep on giving, even after its namesake founder has died. A longtime friend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,139,28,178,180,179,181],"class_list":["post-314595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}