The annual dinner recognizes inmates' community service work.
Tickets are still available.
But it happens once a year in El Dorado, and organizers of the 17th Annual Christmas With Friends dinner on Dec. 8 are looking to fill a few empty places at the table. It's tradition to say thanks to the inmates, who do plenty of work for the community and get little credit for it, said Jim Phillips, co-chairman of the dinner. We have a great partnership with the correctional facility, and we need to thank them for the work they do. For example, inmates built cabinets and tables for the new El Dorado school district offices. They work for the historical museum and help prepare for the Governor's One-Shot Turkey Hunt and the Prairie Port Festival.