Mayors' Feed The Hungry Short 1,700 Turkeys
The absence of a popular radio promotion caused Mayors' Feed The Hungry to only collect 260 turkeys.
Nearly 40 tons of food and hundreds of volunteers took over the Ed Smith Stadium parking lot for Mayors' Feed The Hungry on Friday but the drive found itself short more than 1,700 Thanksgiving turkeys for families living in Manatee and Sarasota counties. So, what happened and how can you help? Traditionally, Joy FM Christian radio ran the popular Turkeys For T-Shirts promotion for the last five years, but this year the radio station decided not to do the donation drive where folks would donate a frozen bird at Publix in exchange for a free T-shirt, said Scott Biehler, volunteer food drive coordinator for Mayors Feed The Hungry and vice president of the charity. That would normally bring in about 2,000 turkeys, he said. "We didn't have any …
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GLADYS ADAMS
1:11 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
dear mayor i am trying very hard to get a free turkey for thanksgiving PLEASE I HAVE TRY AND ASK MANY. BUT NO LUCK AS OF YET , I ALSO TAKE CARE OF A 79 EDLERLY PERSON THAT LOST HOME TO A FIRE , WITH NO HELP I AM TRING TO HELP HOW CAREGIVING TO HIM WITH NO OUTSIDE HELP . ANY THING WOULD BE OF G-R-E-A-T HELP. IAM JUST TRING TO AND HOPE TO FIND US A FREE TURKEY MY NAME IS GLADYS I CAN BE REACH AT … more ›