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Operation Turkey 2008
 Get 2008 Volunteer shirts here
Operation Turkey was hosted in Austin this year by Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill in North Austin and the Soup Peddler in South Austin. We had over 600 volunteers show up in North Austin and about the same in South Austin. Production started at 9:00 AM and by 11:30 AM we were filling our last meal. The...full story |
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How to Help
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Austin, Texas residents
Want to help? Here's how:
We need volunteers to help cook food, sort donations, package the food in to-go containers and people to deliver the food. Please sign up as a volunteer in the upper right-hand corner of the website where it says "Newsletter & Volunteers." We will send you details on email.
Then show up at one the following locations at 9:30 AM on Thanksgiving morning:
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Donation Drops
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Turkey Tailgate
 Join us on Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 for the first annual Turkey Tailgate and donate-a-thon. This family-friendly party will introduce you to other volunteers and supporters of Operation Turkey.
There will be food and drink specials, including food and drink give-aways.
We will also be collecting food, clothing and toiletry donations all day long. Here are the details:
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News
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Final notice to pickup t-shirts. All remaining shirts to be donated.
Several people who ordered shirts have not picked them up nor contacted me to arrange a special time to pick them up. With so many leftover shirts, people not responding to my notifications and my need to regain my living room for the holidays, I am going to stay home again this weekend to offer a final opportunity to pick up your shirts.
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What is OT
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Helping Our Communities
 Operation Turkey was designed in 2000 to promote community outreach during the Thanksgiving holiday. Every resident of the United States can celebrate Thanksgiving. There are no racial, ethnic or gender restrictions or requirements. Operation Turkey organizes community distributions of food, clothes and toiletries to the homeless and less-fortunate around the country.
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How it Works
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Preparing meals is easy
 Preparing meals is very easy. Simply place the food out on counters or on tables and have your team place items from each bowl/plate in their container.
It is easy to work as a team and it is a lot of fun. For added personalization, use a marker to write a greeting on top of the container. This connects everyone who participated to the delivery - even if they cannot go with you.
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About OT
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It Started With One
 Operation Turkey was started on Thanksgiving in 2000. It wasn't called Operation Turkey back then. It was a guy plating up extra food after eating a Thanksgiving meal at a friend's house and handing it out to a homeless person.
- That year, I drove to downtown Austin on my way home and handed out the plate of food to a homeless man in a wheelchair on 6th street. He couldn't say thank y...full story
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501(c)3 Donations
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Operation Turkey is a non-profit
Thank you for your interest in donating to Operation Turkey. We appreciate your help and are able to provide you with tax advantages for your donations.
Operation Turkey can accept tax-deductible donations through the Austin Community Foundation (Tax ID: 741934031). The Austin Community Foundation administers the Operation Turkey Fund.
To donate to the Operation Turkey Fund, please make ...full story |
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Welcome to Operation Turkey
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DONATE TO OPERATION TURKEY
Operation Turkey delivers Thanksgiving dinners to the homeless and less fortunate people in our communities.
We need your help - from food donations, preparation and delivery - we have a need for volunteers.
Please click the link in the upper right hand corner to become a volunteer.
This year wonderful people are handing out dinners in:
Austin, TX
Beaumont, TX
Dallas, TX
Grass Valley, NV
Houston, TX
Manassas, VA
New Orleans, LA
Newport Beach, CA
Pottstown, PA
Rapid City, SD
Round Rock, TX
San Antonio, TX
San Marcos, TX
Temple, TX
Waco, TX
Woodbridge, VA
Thank you to SurfMySite, Inc. ( www.surfmysite.com ) for sponsoring our website each year.
Operation Turkey is a non-profit organization that accepts donations that are 100% used to purchase food for the homeless at Thanksgiving.
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