Volunteers serve 1,300 people at Millbourne Laundromat Thanksgiving dinner

Twenty years ago, Shahid Bhinder was washing clothes at the Millbourne Laundromat in southeast Edmonton when he noticed a sign for the businesses’ annual free Thanksgiving dinner. He thought it could be a good way to meet new people.
Since then, he’s missed the annual autumn event only once, and tells his wife not to make any other plans that day.
“It’s an escape from our everyday lives,” Bhinder said Monday after munching on the vegetarian and Halal options offered