ABC 27 partnered with Second Harvest and Creative Kids Foundation to turn donations from the annual turkey drive into full Thanksgiving boxes, providing food and hope to 1,500 local families.
- Donated turkeys from ABC 27’s Turkey Drive were distributed Saturday, and monetary donations allowed Second Harvest to buy the remaining items.
- Second Harvest, 211 Big Bend, and Keiser University will cook and deliver meals to 1,000 families through its “Thankful Deliveries” program on Wednesday.
- Watch the video below to find out about a woman who has been out of work while battling stage 3 breast cancer, and how this distribution impacted her life.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
ABC 27 Annual Turkey Drive was our biggest one yet, helping us feed 1,500 families on Saturday.
I’m Lyric Sloan in Southwest Tallahassee at a Thanksgiving drive-thru distribution where families recovering from illness, those caring for other families, and many low-income households were able to receive the turkeys you donated, along with milk, eggs, vegetables, and other canned goods…