Foodshare needs 1,200 more turkeys

Christine Stuart

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. – Foodshare in Bloomfield, which plans to distribute 19,896 turkeys for Thanksgiving, is running about 1,200 turkeys shy of where it needs to be to start its distribution on Tuesday.

“This is not a made up number,” Foodshare President and CEO Gloria McAdam said Monday. “These are how many families signed up to receive a turkey.”

There was a steady flow of vehicles dropping off turkeys and other non-perishable food items, but “it’s not like the cars are backed up like we’d like to see,” McAdams said.

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