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More to Share Program Donating Nearly 40 Tons of Honeysuckle White And Shady Brook Farms Turkey for Thanksgiving Meals across America Charities in communities from coast to coast receiving free holiday turkeys WICHITA, Kan. - Nov. 13, 2008 - As part of its national More To Share® hunger-fighting program, the producer of Honeysuckle White® and Shady Brook Farms® turkey products, announced today that it will once again donate nearly 40 tons worth of turkeys to help feed the hungry during the holidays. The donations are made in cooperation with Honeysuckle White and Shady Brook Farms turkey's valued grocery partners to benefit food banks, soup kitchens and other hunger-fighting charities.
Charitable organizations in 28 cities across the United States will benefit from the More To Share program by receiving donated Honeysuckle White or Shady Brook Farms turkeys this year. With current economic pressures, including the rising cost of food, more families than in years past need a helping hand. The donated turkeys will help feed hundreds of thousands of people in need this holiday season. Communities receiving donations this year, along with their charity and grocery store partners, are listed below:
City, Charity Partner, Grocery Store Partner:
Atlanta; Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless; Kroger Baltimore; Bea Gaddy Family Center; Mars Super Markets Baton Rouge, La.; Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank; Albertsons Boise, Idaho; Idaho Food Bank; Albertsons Boston; Greater Boston YMCA (Hyde Park branch); Stop & Shop Buffalo, N.Y. Food Bank of Western New York; Tops Markets Cincinnati; Freestore Foodbank; Kroger Columbus, Ohio; Volunteers of America; Kroger Denver; Catholic Charities Samaritan House; Albertsons Detroit; Capuchin Soup Kitchen; Kroger Fort Worth, Tex.; TCU Touchdowns for Turkeys and Presbyterian Night Shelter; Albertsons Indianapolis; Gleaners Food Bank; Kroger Jacksonville, Fla.; Salvation Army of Northeast Florida; Winn-Dixie Johnstown-Altoona, Pa.; St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank; Giant Eagle Kansas City, Mo.; City Union Mission; Price Chopper Memphis, Tenn.; Variety Club; Kroger Oklahoma City; Salvation Army; Homeland Orlando, Fla.; Salvation Army; Albertsons Philadelphia; Project H.O.M.E. Urban Genesis; ACME Phoenix; Salvation Army; Albertsons Pittsburgh; Salvation Army; Giant Eagle Riverside, Calif.; Second Harvest Food Bank; Stater Brothers Salt Lake City; Salt Lake City Mission; Albertsons San Bernardino, Calif.; Community Action Partnership; Stater Brothers San Marcos, Calif.; North County Food Bank; Stater Brothers Springfield, Mo.; Joplin Elks Club; Food 4 Less St. Louis; Operation Food Search; Schnucks Wichita, Kan.; YMCA; Dillons
"We are proud to provide turkeys to many individuals and families in need again this year, in hopes that a nice, hot turkey dinner will make their Thanksgiving a bit brighter," said Amanda Pokorny of the Honeysuckle White and Shady Brook Farms More To Share program. "However, charities such as our partners need not only food items, but money and volunteers as well. Our donation is a starting point, and we challenge other businesses and individuals across the nation to join us in helping to fight hunger however they can."
Since the More To Share program began 12 years ago, charities across the country have received more than 472 tons of Honeysuckle White and Shady Brook Farms turkey to benefit their constituents.
For more information about the More To Share® program, visit www.moretoshare.org.
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