Yorktown Lions are seeking 0ver 300 turkeys.

Yorktown Lions Asking for 300 Turkeys

The Yorktown Lions are requesting supermarket donations and community support for their annual “Thanksgiving/Holiday Turkey Drive.” In recent years the number of turkeys collected or bought with donations has increased from 111 to 260 last year. This year’s goal is to surpass 300! This number can only be achieved with community support!

A few local supermarkets are providing free turkeys to those shoppers who spent a certain amount within a given time period. The Lions would like local residents to consider donating those free turkeys to the annual holiday drive. The Lions are also accepting hams and turkey breasts. Last year one family donated five turkeys.

To make the collection easy, the Lions have arranged four turkey drop off days. The first will be on Sunday, November 10 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM near the Lakeland Administration Building in Shrub Oak. Look for the Lions cooking hot dogs for the Veterans’ Day Parade participants. The second drop day is located at Uncle G’s on Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 3 to 6. The next drop off day will be on Friday, Nov. 22 from 10 to 2 at the town’s gazebo on Veterans’ Road by the track. The final day will be Monday, Nov. 25 at the Triangle Acme from 3 to 6.

If you are unable to make any of these days, please go to the Lions’ website: www.yorktownlions.com to register your donation. All donors will receive a donation acknowledgement that may be used for tax purposes.

The Yorktown Lions will deliver the turkeys to the Mildred Strang Middle School, First Presbyterian Church on Route 202, My Brother Vinny, a Veterans’ support organization, and to St. Mary’s Church on Route 6. Teams of volunteers will then organize turkey baskets – with all the trimmings. The turkey baskets will then be distributed to local families. If you are not able to donate a turkey, ham, or turkey breast, you may make a monetary donation at the Yorktown Lions website – www.yorktownlions.com