Community Thankfulness

“The true spirit of Thanksgiving was experienced tonight. Everts Air finally delivered bypass groceries for the Sweetsir store tonight at 7.30pm (almost two weeks la te). Sweetsir notified the community of Galena that the store would be opened tonight from 8 to 11pm so the community could buy the stuff they needed for Thanksgiving. The nearest real big supermarket is 280 miles or one hour flight away. As soon as the community heard the old Everts DC6 fly over and land in Galena, the community descended on Sweetsir Store. Agnes Sweetsir extended family that came to Galena for Thanksgiving were helping packing shelves, as other community members came into the store, they helped as well. There were lines snaking around in the store waiting to checkout, everyone in a good cheerful mood, happy to have supplies to celebrate their Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. The parking lot of the store looked like “Black Friday” in a tiny town.” – Isabella Apfelbeck