Gordy Dodd has helped serve free Christmas meals for two decades.

Alongside friends, family and volunteers, the owner of DoddB次元官网网址檚 FurnitureB次元官网网址檚 continues the tradition at the Gordy Dodd Annual Christmas Dinner serving another 1,000 turkey dinners with all the fixings and dessert at the Our Place Society in downtown Victoria.

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Dodd moved to Canada in 1967 working in a sawmill and as a furniture salesman before moving to Victoria and opening the first DoddB次元官网网址檚 Furniture in 1977. The original 2,500-square-foot store on Quadra and Kings street has now been expanded to a new 35,000-square-foot location and now owns two more locations, one in Nanaimo and one in Campbell River.

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The Gordy Dodd Annual Christmas Dinner serves Turkey, vegetables, gravy with pies for dessert, Dodd also sponsors an annual Thanksgiving dinner in October. He also donates two dinners in Nanaimo and Campbell River every year.

B次元官网网址淥ur Place is happy to provide our dining room and kitchen services to support the DoddB次元官网网址檚 Annual Christmas dinner,B次元官网网址� said Our Place Executive Director Don Evans. B次元官网网址淥ur Staff enjoy preparing the meal and it means so much to the vulnerable people in our community to have special opportunities to connect with friends during the holiday season.B次元官网网址�

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