HELPING HAND: Cooking co-ordinator Toby Lerew at St Peter's Church. PHOTO/GEORGE NOVAK
About 80 volunteers at St Peter's Church in the City spent four to five hours of their Christmas Day ensuring those less fortunate were fed.
The church's 24th Community Christmas Day dinner filled the bellies of about 250 people who gathered at the church yesterday.
It was the largest number
of people the church has catered for in recent years of hosting the annual event, volunteer co-ordinator Julie Marriner said.
"We are doing more because we thought we might beat that last-minute rush, but it still happens. No matter how many tickets we offer, there are so many that still come out of the woodwork," she said.
"It's funny because spending and shopping is up but, at the other end of the spectrum, it's equally intense," she said.
