With less than 24 hours left in its annual pre-Thanksgiving Turkey Drive, Foodshare is falling far short of its goal of getting 19,000 birds to distribute to needy families.
As of 2 p.m. Monday, the organization had received 16,274 turkeys as part of its Turkey and a Twenty fundraising program. An updated number will be released Monday afternoon.
Amanda Renna, a spokeswoman for Foodshare, said Monday that the goal is the same as last year, but this year's donations are lower.
"We're not even close," Renna said, adding that she expected that the economy and recent storms played a role.
Renna said it's not too late to give. Foodshare is accepting donations at its location at 450 Woodland Ave. in Bloomfield until 8 p.m. Monday and is opening at 6 a.m. on Tuesday. The WDRC-FM live traveling caravan will be at the Highland Park Market in Manchester from 4 to 7 p.m.
But time is running short — the effort ends at 11 a.m. Tuesday so that needy families have time to defrost and prepare their turkeys in time for Thanksgiving dinner.
"We need donations sooner [rather than] later," Renna said.
Grocery stores in the greater Hartford area are also accepting donations. For a complete list visit the Foodshare website at http://www.foodshare.org, or call 860-286-9999.
The organization is also still working toward its goal of raising $800,000 from the effort. As of Monday almost $500,000 had been donated.
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