Local Seniors Enjoy an Early Thanksgiving Luncheon

Posted Date: 11/09/26 (01:59 PM)

A volunteer wearing purple gloves serves a plate of food to a woman seated at a long, festive table decorated with autumn themes and sunflowers.

Senior citizens who live in the Carmel Central School District celebrated the holiday early when they came back to school to enjoy the Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon this month.

A group of students and an instructor practice playing trombones in a room with a painted wall.

A traditional turkey lunch prepared by the District’s Food Services Department was served at Carmel High School, George Fischer Middle School and Matthew Paterson Elementary School.

A group of eleven women, mostly wearing matching "Lunch Lady Gobble Squad" Thanksgiving t-shirts, pose together indoors against a gray brick wall.

The event was about more than great food, it was a chance to connect and see some of the great stuff that is going on inside Carmel Schools. Students served the food, chatted with the seniors and entertained their guests with music and songs.

A large group of people gathers in a school gymnasium for a festive Thanksgiving meal, seated at long tables with orange tablecloths.

Principals at each school welcomed the guests and Schools Superintendent Michael Plotkin even joined in to serve the food.

The Carmel Teachers’ Association sponsors this annual luncheon, and there is no charge for the seniors.