Write a commentCanale’s Restaurant will be providing the next Salvation Army Guest Chef dinner this year on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 4:30 to 6:00 or until sold out.
They will be serving chicken parmesan, rigatoni, tossed salad with their house Italian dressing, and Italian bread and butter. Desserts and beverages will be provided by members of the Advisory Board. The dinner will be at the Salvation Army Worship and Service Center, 73 West Second Street, in Oswego. There is ample parking, and the building is fully accessible.
This is the final Guest Chef Dinner for this season. The food is donated, so all receipts go to the work of the Army.
This will be the fourteenth time Canale’s has provided a Guest Chef dinner, having served 1,100 meals and raised $12,986. Accurate totals would be higher because data about some of the early dinners is incomplete.
Canale’s Restaurant has been operated in Oswego by the family since 1954, using recipes that originated four generations ago with Anna Canale in Morolo, Italy. They offer homemade authentic Italian cuisine, served in a traditional family dining atmosphere. Many of their specialties are also available in food stores and for sale at their restaurant and take-out shop at 156 West Utica Street in Oswego.
The Guest Chef Dinners have been held six times each year for the past 17 years, except for 2020. Although early records are incomplete, 8,669 meals are known to have been served and more than $112,543 raised. The dinners are organized by the Salvation Army Corps Advisory Board and offered to the community to raise funds for fresh-cooked meals five days each week in both Fulton and Oswego, groceries from its food pantries, winter garments, and many other services to individuals and families in need throughout Oswego County.
In September, the Corps provided 749 soup kitchen meals in Oswego and 458 in Fulton. It provided 68 Oswego households with groceries for 1,926 meals and 101 Fulton households with groceries for 2,250 meals. It also distributed over 1,700 loaves of bread and pastries. Thirty-one people bought monthly Food Sense packages from the Food Bank through the Army.
Preparations for the Christmas season are well under way. With reductions this year in several of the Army’s sources of support and increasing need for food assistance, the need for volunteers to stand with the kettles will be greater than ever. According to Lieutenant Cassidy Dow, “It is a very meaningful way to participate in the spirit of the season of giving for individuals, families, neighbors, businesses, clubs, and church groups. Volunteering is a gift to yourself and your community.”
Persons wishing to know more about The Salvation Army or to offer voluntary service are invited to call 315-343-6491 or stop at the office at 73 West Second Street in Oswego, between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
