2000 Turkeys heading into home stretch
2000 Turkeys, which for 41 years has provided Thanksgiving dinners for Washington County families in need, is heading into the home stretch, and there is still time to help.
Range Resources Corp. will host its annual 2000 Turkeys Food Drive in Canonsburg and downtown Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Range is partnering with the United Way of Washington County and 200 local high school students to collect money and non-perishable food.
Donations to 2000 Turkeys, in partnership with Food Helpers of Washington County, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, and City MIssion Boxes of Love, make sure that families struggling with food insecurity can enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner with their loved ones.
During the food drive, Range will distribute 2,000 rubber turkey ducks, an homage to the thousands of small and large rubber ducks that appeared along Pike Street in Canonsburg in October. A thousand will be passed out in Canonsburg and another thousand will be distributed in Washington.
“This year, we thought we’d piggyback on the positive momentum that was created during the Canonsburg duck phenomenon. If donating to this important cause doesn’t put a smile on your face, we thought receiving a rubber turkey-duck certainly would,” said Laural Ziemba, 2000 Turkeys board member and Director of Affairs for Range.
The Observer-Reporter, which along with WJPA Radio sponsors 2000 Turkeys, will distribute free O-R newspapers at both sites.
To date, the 2025 campaign has raised $120,000, and thanks to generous donations from individuals, families, businesses, and organizations, 2000 Turkeys is getting closer to its goal of providing dinners for more than 19,000 people.
“The need is great this year. The cost of turkey is increasing, things are expensive, and our plea goes out to the community to step up and help your neighbors,” said 2000 Turkeys board Chairman Dave Rhome.
On Thursday, representatives from Pennsylvania American Water Co. and the Lions Club donated $10,000.
“This is a great tradition,” said Brent Robinson, External Affairs Manager for PAWC. “Nineteen thousand folks with food insecurity will have Thanksgiving dinner. We love to do this every year.”
All donations, small or large, make a difference.
“Those $25, $50 and $100 checks add up,” said 2000 Turkeys board member Jacob Knizer.
To make a donation, please make a check payable to 2000 Turkeys and mail to 2000 Turkeys, P.O. Box 2000, Washington, Pa., 15301.
Thank you to the following for your generous contributions:
Nancy Cononge – $100
Fawcett United Methodist Church – $100
Red Dog Packing – $200
Twila Cain – $50
Doug & Patty Fraley in Memory of Shirley Reynard – $30
Laurie Rigby – $75
Patrick Donahue – $50
Melinda Baker – $100
Barbara Dearolph – $100
Janet Delprato, in Memory of Rickard Delprato – $100
Richard & Deborah Christy, in Memory of David & Dorothy Wayman – $50
Elizabeth Crumrine – $100
Ellen Deblasio – $100
Ann Hewitt – $50
Gary Bostich – $50
Christina Simms – $500
Rosemarie Gasper – $75
Martha Milan – $30
Carl Zellie Jr. – $100
Leigh Ann Triebsch – $25
Joseph & Christina Tomecsko – $50
Bonnie Horency – $50
Nancy Moore – $40
Bill & Bernice Pagano – $50
John & Mary Ellen West – $25
Emily Shade – $50
Tracy Kirkpatrick – $50
Jeff & Janis Chico – $50
Lillian Veres – $50
George Reynolds – $100
April Leyda – $5
Linda Jo Wolfe – $35
Bernard & Barbara Desmond – $30
Skip & Linda DiSibio – $50
Peter Cimino – $25
Conrad & Gerrie Rossetti, in Memory of Karen Rossetti-$50
Kathleen Anderson – $50
Albert Sopko – $35
Wesley Campbell – $50
Louise A. Skiviat – $50
Robert & Judith Safko, in Memory of Margaret Safko – $100
Darlene Uselton – $25
Charles & Peggy White, in Memory of Raymon & Mary Whitekifer – $100
Linda Homovich – $50
Raymond & Judy Boardley – $50
Eric & April Betzner – $100
Judith Wheeler – $100
Nancy McGill – $50
Geraldine Checonsky – $25
Mary Drewitz – $50
Karen Gasper – $50
Donna Kotar – $50
Teresa Findlay – $200
Frank & Rose Marie Coppola, in Memory of Coppola, Romano, Kolljeski & Giallanordo Families – $50
In Memory of Caroline Ashbrook – $50
Lisa Knupp – $200
Frances Betarie, in Memory of Phyllis Betarie – $25
Mark & Ellen Bachmann – $500
John & Bertie Brower and Joe & Jackie Jarosz – $50
Peter Gianfrancesco – $100
Marilyn Taylor – $20
Joe & Jennifer Scarci, in Memory of Nancy L. Ward & Joseph Scarci – $100
Patricia Reed – $25
Shelby Ann Harvey, in Memory of James & Margaret White-$30
Jean Cholak – $30
Pete & Gerry Graziotto – $100
Bedorah Murdock – $150
Geraldine Kovac – $75
Joanne Gump – $25
Carol Earliwine – $50
Tina & Dan Jones – $100
David, Roseanne & Justin Nichols – $50
Daniel Bayer – $50
Judith Davis – $25
Patricia Crall – $25
Carol Coffield – $50
Marie Ferguson – $100
M. Tucker – $25
Jim & Nancy Baughman & Family – $100
Anthony Difilippo – $100
Ruth Newman – $100
Ted & Phyllis Dutton – $50
Judy Beichner – $450
Dennis Thomas – $100
Roy & Judy Schulte, in Memory of Scott Lash – $100
Betty Braun, in Memory of Bill Braun – $50
Walter Lekwart – $100
Michelle Day – $100
Steve & Darlene Riker – $40
Louvilla Skariot – $50
Diane Drazick – $50
Union Valley United Methodist Church – $500
Brenda Tennant – $50
Francis Cavalier, in Memory of Vivian Cavalier – $275
Mark & Donna Kirschner – $40
Anonymous, in Memory of Dorothy Rose Fahrner & John L. Deco Jr. – $500
James Femia – $25
Lydia Hafenbrack – $40
Edward Tokar – $50
Kathryn Rash – $50
Joyce Hood – $100
Linda Wherry, in Memory of Madolyn Horency – $25
Kevin Krepps, in the Name of KC&D Wheels of Adventure – $100
Bill & Donna Frantz, in Memory of Mike George – $50
James Proudfit – $75
Raymond Ruffalo Jr. – $50
George Augustine Jr. – $100
Marcy Munnell, in Memory of Jerry Munnell – $50
Laurie Cadez – $25
Katherine Rodgers – $25
Bruce & Beth Graham – $25
William Daniels – $100
Jacqueline Weimer, in Memory of Loved Ones – $50
Robert & Beverly Allridge – $100
Deborah Sethman, in Memory of Butch – $100
Darlene Sheppard – $30
Nina Gysegem – $100
Rosalyn Putt, in Memory of Ian Putt – $100
David Meeks – $200
Janice Kersnick – $100
Kenneth & Linda Flood – $75
Gayle Shaffer – $50
Lou & Darlene Ligneli – $50
James Craig III – $50
Perri Linn Greco – $100
United Mine Workers of America Local No. 1197 – $100
Sandra Grim – $100
Rebecca Washabaugh – $50
Lou & Reed Vaira – $100
Susan Yeager – $70
Redevelopment Authority of Washington County, in Honor of Laural Ziemba – $250
David & Carol McClellan – $100
Steven & Susan Wolf – $500
Rebecca Hall – $50
Jarol Devoge – $100
Cathleen Allinder – $100
Carolyn Holmes, in Honor of Family – $50
Hunter Rubis – $50
Todd Gower – $50
Laraine McGinnis – $50
Burke Racing Stable – $1,000
Caitlyn Burroughs – $100
Kathleen Devore – $100
Jessop Community Federal Credit Union – $1,000
Martha Polen – $50
Novella Barron – $50
Ruth Pilgun, in Memory of Jack Pilgun – $50
Tim & Jackie Takah – $50
Terry & Leslie Shetterly – $100
John Fetchen – $40
Gloria Suzanna Kline, in Memory of Eric Kline – $100
Arms Club of Washington PA – $1,000
Bertha Kovacicek – $25
James & Traci McDonald – $300
George Silvers Jr., in Memory of Patricia and parents George and Jean Silvers – $100
Cheryl Skiviat – $50
Robert Thomas – $50
Jane Piatt – $100
Deborah Janosko – $100
Maxine Kirk, in Memory of Betty Ann Hearn – $100
Curt A. Nice – $100
Kenneth Small – $100
Michael Klauer – $25
Donna & Debbie Farabee – $20
Lori Lawton – $50
James Dhayer – $75
Michael Massino – $50
Sprowls City Appliance – $250
Audrery Guskey – $200
Debra Lynn Rhone, in Memory of Jim Jefferson – $100
Mt. Calvary EV Lutheran Church in Memory of Jim Jefferson – $500
Joseph & Lynn Manning – $100
Frank Westcott in Memory of Sandra Westcott – $100
Anonymous, in Memory of Byron Smialek – $50
William and Susan Peffer – $50
Michael Wakeman – $1,000
Ken Westcott – $100
Jiana Derosa – $50
Berry & Barbara Charriere – $75
John Somsky – $100
PA American Water – $10,000
Washington Lions Club – $500