Driving Hunger from Our Region
Philabundance Appeals to Delaware Valley Community to Help Feed Hungry at Thankgiving

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Oct.10, 2007 -- Philabundance, the region’s largest food relief organization is gearing up for its annual Turkey Round-up and Holiday Food Drive on November 17th to benefit regional residents and families in need.

In order to provide nutritious Thanksgiving dinners for people in need in the region, Philabundance has a goal to round up 3000 turkeys this season and collect enough non-perishable provisions to make up complete meals through organized Food Drives and donations. Individuals and organizations can either make a donation toward the purchase of protein-rich turkeys or bring frozen turkeys with the receipt to one of four drop-off sites in the Delaware Valley on Saturday, Nov. 17. Philabundance appreciates the turkey donations, but also needs financial support to meet the overwhelming need for holiday meals for the community.

Food Drives help round out the Thanksgiving meal by providing the necessary fixings for a complete dinner for families served through Philabundance’s network of more than 600 agencies. Philabundance is appealing to individuals and organizations to concentrate on specific non-perishable provisions that make up a traditional and complete Holiday dinner, such as pumpkin pie mix, sweet potatoes or yams, cranberry sauce, Mandarin oranges, seasoned stuffing mix, green beans and turkey gravy; Philabundance has created a checklist of items needed that can be accessed from http://www.philabundance.org.

“We are always thankful for the community’s generosity during the holiday season, especially when it means that families can enjoy abundant holiday meals together,” says Bill Clark, Philabundance’s executive director. “Although our efforts to collect food are ongoing, there is always an especial need around the holiday time and we’re appealing to individuals and companies to help us organize food drives so that we can meet that need.”

Thanks to the kindness of residents and organizations, and through donations from corporations, Philabundance was able to meet its goal last year of rounding up 2500 turkeys. Philabundance hopes to meet its goal of 3000 turkeys and encourages people to make a donation or visit a designated Turkey Round-up site at Acme locations in Bala Cynwyd, Westtown, Pa., and Voorhees, N.J, plus Philabundance’s headquarters in South Philadelphia. The turkeys must be frozen when dropped off and accompanied by the receipt, to guarantee freshness.

Turkey Round-up Sites for Nov. 17, 2006, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Philabundance
3616 South Galloway Street
Philadelphia, PA 19148

Acme Locations
Westtown Village Shopping Center
1161 Wilmington Pike
Westtown, PA 19382

Bala Cynwyd Shopping Center
25 E. City Line Avenue
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004

Eagle Plaza
700 Haddonfield-Berlin Road
Voorhees, NJ 08043

For information on Food Drives or the Turkey Round Up and drop off sites, contact Philabundance’s Holiday Hot Line at 215-339-0900 x500, or visit the website at www.Philabundance.org.

Philabundance is the region’s largest food bank and hunger relief organization. Working with over 600 neighborhood organizations in both Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey, Philabundance fights hunger and malnutrition principally by collecting and distributing food to people in need. For more information about Philabundance, call 215-339-0900 or visit www.philabundance.org.