Thanksgiving Turkey Distribution at Boca Helping Hands
Before the sun rises on Sunday morning, the team at Boca Helping Hands will be hard at work…loading pallets with frozen turkeys and boxes of dry goods. This Sunday, November 20th is the annual Boca Helping Hands Thanksgiving Box Brigade.
Over 1,500 families will receive the boxes which have been gathering in the BHH warehouse for the last week. Local families, schools, and businesses picked up the boxes and menus from BHH staff and have been filling them up throughout November. The turkeys were graciously donated by a local philanthropist who chooses to remain anonymous, but who generosity touches so many lives.
“Boca Helping Hands is a bridge, helping our clients cross from basic human need to self-sufficiency,” says BHH Executive Director James Gavrilos. “We will always be there for families in need, and this year we are thrilled that we had 300 fewer families register to receive turkeys and boxes. This means that 300 families are now able to provide for their basic human needs. For us, this is the greatest success.”
A festive dinner will also be served on Thanksgiving Thursday from 11:00 to 1:00, where guests will be treated to a traditional holiday meal. Volunteers will also deliver Thanksgiving Dinners to housebound shut-ins who live near Boca Helping Hands. In addition, over seven hundred holiday meals will also be distributed at a West Boca satellite location for those who have registered there. And in a special treat, those meals are being prepared, delivered and served the chefs and employees of the Boca Raton Resort and Club.
“Our collaboration with the Boca Raton Resort & Club is a model for all interaction between the corporate and non-profit worlds. Their commitment to those in the community who are in need is inspiring. This type of corporate responsibility is exactly what America needs during these trying times.” says Gavrilos.
For more information on Boca Helping Hands and their Thanksgiving programs, contact James S. Gavrilos, at Jgavrilos@bocahelpinghands.org.
