Earlier today Branch 25 was present for this Digital Moose Lounge and Berkeley Canadian Studies Program tradition – a beautifully curated Thanksgiving Dinner at the UC Berkeley Canadian Studies Alumni House.  Members celebrated the special occasion with their Bay Area “family” with fallen leaves and fresh fall air on the patio in beautiful Berkeley.

The menu included:

• Classic Thanksgiving turkey dinner
• Sides – mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and root vegetables
• Dessert – Nanaimo bars, pumpkin & apple pies
• Gluten-free and vegan/vegetarian options available
• Enjoy our selection of great Canadian wines and Canadian beer

The “extras”: 

Poppies! From the SF Bay Area Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, Michael Barbour and Trevor Page, were be there with the beautiful red poppies folks remembered from back home!

Raffle Prizes! Including a pair of Air Canada tickets, signed San Jose Sharks jerseys and more were presented to lucky attendees!

Finally, this Thanksgiving Dinner Has 22 Questions…  Canada’s longest-running comedy, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, is producing a prime-time TV special about this year’s U.S. election, which will air on CBC on Nov 4th. Correspondent Dan Dillabough and crew joined us for dinner and tried to solve the burning question “what’s it like to be a Canadian living in the Bay Area?”. Those who were interested had the opportunity to join the casual and relaxed conversation and answer some fun, light-hearted questions.

The formal presentations began with the national anthem, and here are the crowd singing along with the French version.

Pictures from the event are below.