I want to personally thank each and every volunteer that came out this Thanksgiving. We had record numbers of volunteers and dinners served. We will post the exact numbers later this week. Please take a look at some of the pictures from the Austin location.
The following volunteers participated in Austin's Operation Turkey.
Jason Abshire, Jennifer Adame, Karen Adamo, DeeDee Adams, Chris Adams, Ruby Akin, Kira Alexandre, Rachael Alger, John Arnolds, Richard Bagdonas, Heather Baginski, Charles Benner, Jeff Bienstock, Amy Botelho, Jennifer Burns, John Calvert, Mandy Calvert, Dee Carney, Ruben Castilla, Julia Chandrasekaran, Sriram Chandrasekaran, Sylvia Choi, Dennis Colwell, Blair Cox, Cindy Crosby, Gwen Cruchon, Brenda Cuellar, Joyce Cymerman, Victor Cypert, Rachael Daigle, Casey Degnan, Deb Deitch-Harelik, Justin Delva, Adawna Devine, Jeffrey Donovan, J.P. Ebert, Riley Ebert, Kate Edwards, Alberto Edwards, Riley Edwards, Lee Edwards, Brendan Egan, John Evans, Carol Farr, Michael Feferman, Rebecca Feferman, Martha Feferman, Vivian Fisher, Kristen Flores, Justin Follin, Linda Ford, Denise Fraga, Jim Genevro, Eileen Genevro, Danny Goodwin, Kristi Gotcher, Jake Gotcher, Barbara Graves, Doug Guller, David Gwin, Ilene Haddad, Nathan Hamann, Leah Hamann, Caroline Hamann, Jenny Harden, Leibel B. Harelik, Sherri Henderson, Amirah Henderson, Woody Hosler, Erin Ivery, Sam Jarmon, Billy Jett, Elizabeth Jett, Sarah Jett, Heidi Juliar, Paula Keels, Keegan Keels, Callie Keels, Griffin Keels, Sawyer Keels, Soojin Kim, Phillip Lacy, Kim Longo, Lori Lopez, Vickie Lucero, Scott Luther, Jennifer MaGennis, Pat Maki, Teri Manazir, Carrie Mason, Bonnie McManners, Mark McNulty, Pam Mingle, Rick Nemer, Terry Newland, Diem Nguyen, Thu Nguyen, Aimee Pedemont, Niki Pham, Karolina Powalki, Yifeng Qiu, Lora Ramirez, Holly Roberts, Cassie Roberts, Jose Rocha, Arthur Rodriquez, Patricia Ryan, Jessica Sacheck, Sam Sacheck, Edna Sadberry, Angela Sadberry, Kiki Sadberry, Yasmin Sebbane, Scott Sechovec, Kendra Sechovec, Chelsie Sechovec, Cara Sechovec, Pat Seward, John Sigmund, Angelo Simeone, Gaurav Singla, Kym Smith, Jonathan Srabian, Doug Suave, Nellie Trainor, Leonor Varela, Marisa Wall, Richard Yates, Amy Yoast, Ludy Zambrano and Tracey Zielonka.
The Soup Peddler's location allowed our volunteers to gather en masse
Volunteers helping out in the kitchen
We were able to cook 16 turkeys in 3 hours
Head Chef Leibel Harelik in the kitchen with volunteers
Soup is love!
The kids put their seal of approval on the meals.
Some of the 130 volunteers
Jenny with her Mobile Loaves and Fishes truck. Thanks Jenny!!!
A panoramic view of the action
Volunteer Gaurav Singla from Remote Operations lending a hand
Volunteers Richard Bagdonas from Operation Turkey and Carrie Mason from Fusion Learning Systems
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.
Here are some of the cities that wonderful people will be handing out dinners:
Austin, TX
Beaumont, TX
Dallas, TX
Grass Valley, NV
Houston, TX
Manassas, VA
New Orleans, LA
Newport Beach, CA
Newport News, VA
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.