Operation Turkey Feeds Many Needy on Thanksgiving

Operation Turkey Feeds Many Needy on Thanksgiving
Helpers assemble Thanksgiving meals to distribute in Texas in 2013. Courtesy of Operation Turkey
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Volunteers around the United States are teaming up for Operation Turkey, which will provide tens of thousands of individuals in need with the same traditional Thanksgiving meal people typically enjoy with family and friends.

Operation Turkey, now in its 18th year, is a volunteer nonprofit organization working all year to ensure no one goes without a warm meal on Thanksgiving Day. The initiative began when one well-off man felt compelled to gift his holiday supper leftovers to an underprivileged person.