Thanksgiving, making the most out of your week-long break

Risa Johnson // November 18, 2013

For most students, Thanksgiving break means a week home with family, with thoughts of schoolwork and responsibility replaced by Mom’s roasted turkey, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. However, some students can’t go home because of work or would just rather stay in Chico.

For those of you who might be homesick this Turkey Day, The Orion has compiled a list of things to do toward off the Thanksgiving blues.

Volunteer

Donate your time somewhere like the Torres Community Shelter or the Jesus Center. While college students might not have money to give, there is time to spare over the break.

Also, many grocery stores are holding canned food drives which only cost a few dollars per donation.

Students interested in serving an evening meal at a shelter should call the Torres Community Shelter at 891-9048 or the Jesus Center at 345-2640.

Cook a home

Find other friends who are staying in town for the week. Share a traditional — and inexpensive — Thanksgiving dinner together.

Save Mart is offering a bargain on a complete turkey dinner that serves four to eight people for $50. Split between eight friends, that’s only about $7 per person. Just heat and serve. It includes:

· 8 to 10-pound Butterball turkey

· 40-ounce mashed potatoes

· 32-ounce savory stuffing

· 32-ounce green bean casserole

· 24-ounce turkey gravy

· 14-ounce cranberry sauce

· 8-inch pumpkin pie

· 12 fresh baked or Hawaiian
dinner rolls

Dine out

Go out to eat. Some restaurants in town will be serving a Thanksgiving dinner:

· Crush, 201 Broadway St. Closes at 7 p.m.

· Cozy Diner, 1695 Mangrove Ave. Closes at 6 p.m.