威斯康星州麦迪逊 Mad City Gobblers 第 17 年为食物储藏室筹火鸡：历年年均约 2000 只、今年已订逾 1000 只，11 月 13 日至 15 日续收捐赠
威斯康星州麦迪逊的一个本地义工团体正努力让戴恩县更多家庭在感恩节餐桌上有一只火鸡，该团体与全国野生火鸡联盟有关联。
Mad City Gobblers 正迎来为本地食物储藏室筹钱购买火鸡的第 17 年，该团体的比尔·阿尔伯表示，自这项工作开始以来，他们平均每年提供 2000 只火鸡。
阿尔伯表示，这是他们为本地食物储藏室筹集火鸡资金的第 17 年，自创立以来平均每年 2000 只，他同时表示，食物援助需求持续增加，使该团体每年的工作比以往更重要。
该团体与戴恩县及周边社区的食物储藏室与慈善组织合作，包括古德曼社区中心的感恩节募捐、莫诺纳食物储藏室、麦克法兰食物储藏室、河流食物储藏室、圣文森特德保罗协会与救世军。
该团体今年已为募捐订购逾 1000 只火鸡，依靠社区成员捐赠帮助支付费用，义工将在 11 月 13 日至 15 日以及 11 月 20 日至 22 日两个周末驻守莫诺纳、麦克法兰与米德尔顿的参与地点继续收集捐赠，购物者可驻足了解这项工作并捐款帮助为本地食物储藏室购买火鸡。
Mad City Gobblers in Madison, Wisconsin, Mark a 17th Year Raising Turkeys for Food Pantries, Averaging About 2,000 a Year, With More Than 1,000 Already Ordered This Year and Donations Continuing November 13 to 15
A local volunteer group in Madison, Wisconsin, is working to make sure more families across Dane County have a turkey on their holiday table, and the group is associated with the National Wild Turkey Federation.
The Mad City Gobblers are marking their 17th year of raising money to purchase turkeys for local food pantries.
Bill Alber, known as Turkey Bill with the Mad City Gobblers, said the group has provided an average of 2,000 turkeys each year since the effort began, and said this is our 17th year of raising money for turkeys for local food pantries and we have been averaging 2,000 turkeys a year since our inception.
Alber said the need for food assistance continues to increase, making the group annual effort more important than ever, and said the need keeps growing in our community.
The group works with food pantries and charitable organizations throughout Dane County and surrounding communities, including the Goodman Community Center Thanksgiving drive, Monona Food Pantry, McFarland Food Pantry, The River Food Pantry, St. Vincent de Paul and the Salvation Army, has already ordered more than 1,000 turkeys for this year drive relying on donations from community members to help cover the cost, and volunteers are scheduled to be at participating locations in Monona, McFarland and Middleton on November 13 to 15 and November 20 to 22 to continue collecting donations.
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