A free Halloween supper at Eagles Manor serves more than 250 plates
Cassie Campbell, owner of Spices N' Spurs, served a free Halloween meal at Eagles Manor in Great Falls. More than 250 plates went out, and donations support her meal program for neighbors.
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Eagles Manor in Great Falls served more than candy on Halloween, KRTV reported. Cassie Campbell, owner of Spices N' Spurs, put out a free meal, and more than 250 plates were served. Donations from the night support the meal program she runs for neighbors.
The figure is plates at this celebration, plus gifts aimed at the meals that come after it. It is one evening in Great Falls, not a tally of every hungry neighbor in the city.
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In Great Falls, Montana, Eagles Manor held a free Halloween celebration that was also a meal. Cassie Campbell, who owns a restaurant called Spices N' Spurs, cooked for the room. More than 250 plates were served. People could come without paying. Donations from the event support a meal program she runs for neighbors. A plate here means one serving of food. More than 250 means a crowd sat down to eat, and the money people chose to give helps the next meals, not only the Halloween night.
- Why would a Halloween party include a full meal, not only candy?
- What does it take to serve 250 plates in one evening?
- How could a class help a free meal without doing the cooking?
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