A local organization is trying to help the Valley and communities abroad by serving up a monthly dinner.

Once a month, Our Community Place Executive Director Philip Fisher Rhodes helps a team of volunteers wash dishes, and serve food, to be a good neighbor in the Valley.

"It also makes a good way for our community to get involved in work," Rhodes said.

"The people you see around us here come to the community center all the time, so it's a neat way for them to give back to their community, too."

For the past year and a half, the organization has served up meals to raise money for the community, and abroad, in Haiti.

Our Community Place works to build a better Valley community, through education, fundraisers and programs.

Mom Christy Null headed to Our Community Place for the first time on Saturday.

She's hoping her children will learn about volunteering.

"They don't realize that there are people out there that are in need and don't have everything that they have," Null said.

Our Community Place has served Harrisonburg since 2008, but they recently added serving food; Saturday, they expected to serve 120 people dinner.

As far as Rhodes knows, that's a record number of people stopping by to eat.

Waiters served chicken, tofu and soup, but they hope diners walk away with more than a meal.

The organization earns around $1,000 each month at the dinners.

"It's pretty awesome that we are able to support people in our community who are the most broken, who are the most destitute, don't have a place to go, but to also help the other people of the world, in Haiti," Rhodes said.