2000 Turkeys campaign continues
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