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Turkey and a Twenty 2008

Foodshare Sets November 2008 Drive Goals

Foodshare’s annual “Turkey and a Twenty” food and fund drive seeks to collect 16,000 turkeys and $485,000 to help hungry families in Hartford and Tolland counties.

“That’s a 10% increase over the number of turkeys requested in 2007 and a reflection of difficult economic times,” says Foodshare President & CEO Gloria McAdam.

She asks for support from the entire community so that everyone can enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal and to ensure that Foodshare has the resources needed to continue distributing food for people seeing help this winter, long after the holidays are over.

To meet the goal of 16,000 Turkeys and $485,000 "We will need an army of volunteers organizing local drives to collect donations of turkeys and funds," says Gloria on her blog. To encourage those drives, a challenge has been made to new donors. If 100 new donor groups will each collect 10 or more turkeys and $200 for Foodshare, the challenger will give Foodshare another 1,000 turkeys. Visit Foodshare's web site to access a special “turkey toolkit” section with guides, tips, and materials to help meet the challenge.

Turkey and a Twenty drop off locations:

Avon
DRC Traveling Caravan/Big Y
Nov. 17 (4pm-7pm)

Bloomfield
FOODSHARE
Nov. 19 (8am-5pm);
Nov. 20 (8am-6pm);
Nov. 21 (8am-6pm);
Nov. 22 (9am-2pm);
Nov. 23 (9am-2pm);
Nov. 24 (8am-5pm);
Nov. 25 (8am-12 Noon)

Coventry
Highland Park Market
Monday, Nov. 17 – Monday, Nov 24 (8am-9pm);
Sunday, Nov 23 (8am-6pm)

East Hartford
DRC Traveling Caravan/Big Y
Nov. 16 (11am-2pm)

East Windsor
DRC Traveling Caravan/Big Y
Nov. 21 (4pm-7pm)

Ellington
DRC Traveling Caravan/Big Y
Nov. 18 (4pm-7pm)

Enfield
DRC Traveling Caravan/Big Y
Nov. 23 (11am-2pm)

Farmington
Highland Park Market
Monday, Nov. 17 – Monday, Nov 24 (8am-9pm);
Sunday, Nov 23 (8am-6pm)

Glastonbury
Highland Park Market
Monday, Nov. 17 – Monday, Nov 24 (8am-9pm);
Sunday, Nov 23 (8am-6pm)

Hartford
Gordon Bonetti’s Florist
Monday, Nov. 17 – Monday, Nov 24 (9am-5pm);
Saturday, Nov 22 (9am-1pm);
Sunday, Nov 23 (closed)

Hebron
Ted’s Supermarket
Monday, Nov. 17 – Monday, Nov 24 (8am-8pm);
Sunday, Nov 23 (8am-6pm)

Manchester
DRC Traveling Caravan/Big Y
Nov. 25 (4pm-7pm)

Highland Park Market
Monday, Nov. 17 – Monday, Nov 24 (8am-8pm);
Sunday, Nov 23 (8am-6pm)

Rocky Hill
DRC Traveling Caravan/Big Y
Nov. 24 (4pm-7pm)

Gordon Bonetti’s Florist
Monday, Nov. 17 – Monday, Nov 24 (9am-5pm);
Saturday, Nov 22 (9am-1pm);
Sunday, Nov 23 (closed)

West Side Market Place
Monday, Nov. 17 – Monday, Nov 24 (8am-8pm);
Sunday, Nov 23 (8am-6pm)

South Windsor
Highland Park Market
Monday, Nov. 17 – Monday, Nov 24 (8am-8pm);
Sunday, Nov 23 (8am-6pm)

Stafford Springs
DRC Traveling Caravan/Big Y
Nov. 20 (4pm-7pm)

Suffield
Highland Park Market
Monday, Nov. 17 – Monday, Nov 24 (8am-8pm);
Sunday, Nov 23 (8am-6pm)

Tolland
DRC Traveling Caravan/Big Y
Nov. 22 (11am-2pm)

West Hartford
Waldbaum’s Super Foodmart
Monday, Nov. 17 – Monday, Nov 24 (7am-10pm);
Sunday, Nov 23 (7am-9pm)

Check back soon, or better yet, visit their website and donate online:
http://turkeyandatwenty.org/

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