No turkey, but plenty of food at Library’s first Friendsgiving

Sherry Lipinski (left) puts food on the plates of Alyssa (middle) and Chelsea Durie during the Oglethorpe County Library’s first Friendsgiving on Nov. 15. About a dozen teens participated in the event. (Katie Tucker/The Oglethorpe Echo)

There were smiles all around for those who attended the library’s first Friendsgiving last week. (Katie Tucker/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Various handmade desserts and snacks sit on a table during the Oglethorpe County Library’s Friendsgiving. (Katie Tucker/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Alyssa Durie (from left), Charlie Roberts and Chelsea Durie laugh while Oglethorpe County Library program specialist Nicole Hensley shows off turkey drawings during the Friendsgiving celebration. (Katie Tucker/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Alyssa Durie (from left), Charlie Roberts and Chelsea Durie laugh while Oglethorpe County Library program specialist Nicole Hensley shows off turkey drawings during the Friendsgiving celebration. (Katie Tucker/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Charlie Roberts displays her artistic skills to draw an octopus on the Friendsgiving banner at the Oglethorpe County Library Friendsgiving on Nov. 15. (Katie Tucker/The Oglethorpe Echo)