Mad City Gobblers in Madison, Wisconsin, Mark a 17th Year Raising Turkeys for Food Pantries, Averaging About 2,000 a Year, With More Than 1,000 Already Ordered This Year and Donations Continuing November 13 to 15
A local volunteer group in Madison, Wisconsin, is working to make sure more families across Dane County have a turkey on their holiday table, and the group is associated with the National Wild Turkey Federation.
The Mad City Gobblers are marking their 17th year of raising money to purchase turkeys for local food pantries.
Bill Alber, known as Turkey Bill with the Mad City Gobblers, said the group has provided an average of 2,000 turkeys each year since the effort began, and said this is our 17th year of raising money for turkeys for local food pantries and we have been averaging 2,000 turkeys a year since our inception.
Alber said the need for food assistance continues to increase, making the group annual effort more important than ever, and said the need keeps growing in our community.
The group works with food pantries and charitable organizations throughout Dane County and surrounding communities, including the Goodman Community Center Thanksgiving drive, Monona Food Pantry, McFarland Food Pantry, The River Food Pantry, St. Vincent de Paul and the Salvation Army, has already ordered more than 1,000 turkeys for this year drive relying on donations from community members to help cover the cost, and volunteers are scheduled to be at participating locations in Monona, McFarland and Middleton on November 13 to 15 and November 20 to 22 to continue collecting donations.
Source: Mad City Gobblers
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