Preparations are underway for The Dalles Community Thanksgiving Dinner to take place on Thursday. A number of volunteers are preparing the meal at the commercial kitchen at Columbia Gorge Community College. RaeAnne Edmiston of the Salvation Army, which is sponsoring the dinner, says they could still use more volunteers to help with the effort. Anyone who would like to volunteer, or might need a meal delivered to them, should call the Salvation Army at 541-296-6417. The dinner will take place on Thursday from noon to 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Academy in The Dalles. Hood River’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at Riverside Community Church. For more information on that event, call 541-399-2384.