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[quote=Anonymous]Longtime food pantry volunteer. Most of our clients are immigrants and do not want to serve their families unfamiliar foods like canned pumpkin, stuffing and green beans.

I’d urge you to instead purchase a Giant or Walmart or Target gift card. It’s far easier for the charity and the families this way.

One year, a smaller professional office decided rather last minute that they’d like to give our charity frozen turkeys and purchased maybe 25 and wanted us to give these out to our neediest families. It was tough going; first, many of our families live in small, shared space and even if living in a fully functional space, have never cooked a turkey nor would even want to try. Then, we needed to seek out families who would want a turkey and that was the hardest part.

All up against our own holiday schedules and arrangements. We ended up giving most of the turkeys to a food bank with available refrigeration. Anyway, another volunteer was stuck with making these arrangements.

So: please help by contacting the charity and ask what they might need right now or immediately after Thanksgiving.

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