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Winton Community Christmas Lunch organizer Maree Boulter and her team of volunteers are on hand for the annual Sunday lunch.
A dedicated team of volunteers will spend part of Christmas Day cooking lunch for 40 people and they wouldn’t have it any other way.
Maree Boulter, organizer of the Winton Community Christmas Lunch, said the lunch created a great community spirit of sharing.
“It’s Christmas lunch for everyone. There’s no particular demographic that’s there,” Boulter said.
Registrations for numbers closed at 40, and something else this year was they offered to deliver meals to some people who couldn’t attend in the hall of Winton Presbyterian Church.
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Lunch is a traditional dish of ham, lamb, chicken with potatoes, carrots and peas with trifle, fresh fruit salad, ambrosia and pavola for dessert.
Each person also receives a gift.
“It’s a day to help and everyone in Winton is very generous with donations to the event,” she said.
In Invercargill, about 50 people attend Sir Tim’s Christmas Luncheon at Whanake House on Dee St, from 12 noon to 2:30 pm.