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2000 Turkeys campaign continues

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Earlier this week, with an assist from my neighbor, I deep fried a turkey in my backyard. At about the same time, my sister’s son-in-law and his wife were hard at work in their kitchen making a tofurkey, a Vegan version of a Thanksgiving turkey.

I plunged the bird into boiling peanut oil and TJ and Annie baked their tofurkey for an upcoming article in the Observer-Reporter’s Living In Washington County magazine about various ways to cook a turkey these days (you’ll want to read the magazine to find out what other options are available to cook a bird).

The assignment was a fun one, but it did make me think about how fortunate so many of us are to not worry about the expense of putting together a Thanksgiving dinner.

That’s why the 2000 Turkeys campaign is so important: For the more than 5,400 unemployed and underemployed families in Washington County, there’s no guarantee that they’ll be able to put a Thanksgiving meal on the table.

Each $15 donation to 2000 Turkeys provides a Thanksgiving dinner for a family of four.

The annual grassroots campaign is the largest fundraiser for Greater Washington County Food Bank and its pantries, and an easy way to lend a neighbor a helping hand.

Ultimately, it doesn’t matter how you prepare Thankgiving turkey, It’s just nice to have one.

To donate, mail a check in any amount to: 2000 Turkeys, P.O. Box 2000, Washington, PA. 15301.

Thank you to the following individuals, businesses and organizations for their generous donations:

Blue Knights $2500

Range Resources $5000

Dan & Tina Jones $50

Fred & Joanne Caruso $50

Mary Jane Kolesar $30

Dick & Carol Earliwine $25

Randy Wylie $50

Debra Williams $100

Martha Hansotte $20

Ronald & Sandra Casper $25

Charles & Janet Murray $200

Roy Zoog $100

Ida Kerr $20

Jesse & Jodi McNurlen $20

Joan & James Holbert $35

Alice Livingston $20

Ann & Peter Pozonsky $25

Mildred E. Smith $50

Bernard & Lillian Veres $25

Willard & Janet Jobes $50

Ferne Rogers $50

Mary Bier $35

Raymond & Anna Zedel $50

Carol Barnes $25

Dolores Bednarski $50

James & Judith Wheeler $100

In Memory of Jim Walker from Nancy Walker $30

In Memory of Bill Burns by family $25

Rocco & Massimo $200

All Saints Philoptochos $200

Shirley Mastnock $250

Janet Carey $20

Sandy & Robert Hohn $50

Jamie & Calvin Torboli $50

Carl & Janet Pinkerton $30

Lou & Ruth Vore $50

Altabella & John Severine $25

Betty & Ralph Holmes $25

Harold & Betty Horr $15

Joseph & Jackie Jarosz $15

In Memory of William Lacey from Deloris Lacey $25

Dr. Franklin & Dr. Karen Kuzy $50

George & Beverly Philabaum $20

In Memory of Tom Pollok from Marie Pollok $25

Richard Kattan $100

David & Barbara Castora $25

Richard Davidson $30

Nancy Hunter $30

Jim & Mary Jane Smith $25

Elden Morris $50

Chuck & Nancy Neff $30

Richard & Lana Tovornik $50

Victoria & Daniel Crile $50

Robert & Mary Wilsher $100

Anonymous $85

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