Burlington, Vermont - November 21, 2007
It's a truly happy Thanksgiving at the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf in Burlington.
The food shelfhad issued a plea for donations after running seriously short of turkeys and other staples. The community responded -- in cash and in kind. By Wednesday, the food shelfeasily exceeded its goal of giving away two-thousand turkeys in time for Thanksgiving.
Food shelf director Rob Meehan told WCAX News, "We had over 25 food drives happening, from different companies to schools, children to the university. So it's amazing, the community support. We had people driving up to our garage door. They hand you a turkey, they hand you a check. It's amazing. So we're pretty excited."
Meehan says the demand keeps growing. The food shelf served a record 193 families in a single day, he said, translating into well over five-hundred people. He warned that other canned goods are still in short supply and the need will remain straight into the new year.
