NEW BERLIN – If you like a “delicious completely homemade” turkey dinner and “supporting your community,” then New Berlin Fire Department President and Rehab Captain Larissa Hanslmaier says to come eat at the firehouse this Sat., Nov. 8. “It is a free will offering, meaning we accept any donations people feel they can pay,” said Hanslmaier.

The Annual New Berlin Fire Department Harvest Dinner will be held this weekend at the firehouse at 2 School St. in New Berlin. The department accepts orders and delivers food for lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thanksgiving dinner will be served from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Takeout is also offered for lunch and dinner.

Each year the fire department volunteer staff makes 25 to 30 turkeys and 100 pumpkin and apple pies. The fixings include mashed potatoes, stuffing, squash, green beans, scalloped corn, and cranberry sauce.

“The Harvest Dinner has been going on since I was a kid, for more than 30 years. It used to be held in the Chase Community Center. It got so popular we outgrew it and moved to the firehouse,” said Hanslmaier.

The fire department president said they built a new kitchen to be able to host the harvest dinners. They also built it to allow other organizations to come in and use the kitchen for other events. Some of the items recently bought for the kitchen were two commercial gas stoves, a commercial refrigerator and commercial bay sinks.

“We take some of the money harvest dinner money each year for our dinners and to be able to handle larger events so other organizations can use our kitchen. We have had different school organizations hold fundraisers and clubs like the Snow-Mobile Club use our kitchen and firehouse,” said Hanslmaier.