“Mission accomplished”.
For the 37th straight year, Turkey Day that hit the airwaves on Country 840 in the South Cariboo this past Monday (December 1) met and beat it’s pledge goal.
“It was great,” Morning Man and Host Chris Adams said, “It’s always so much fun when we have Turkey Day here and it’s for a great cause. I had plenty of help from community members, Al Richmond from the CRD, Councilor Donna Barnett from the District 100 Mile House, and Mayor Maureen Pinkney all pitching in like they have over the years.”
Every year the goal of this fundraiser is to get 400 “Turkey” pledges which is a donation of $25 that goes to the 100 Mile House Food Bank.
“As it stands right now (December 3), because we still do have a few trickle in here and there for the next week or so, we have received 413 pledges. Translated into funds raised that comes out to about $10,300 for the Food Bank.”
Adams noted a lot of that money raised will go into their Christmas Hampers and whatever is left over will be put into restocking their shelves after the Holidays.
He added anyone who hasn’t gotten their pledges in yet and do so before December 13th will be entered into a draw for the chance to win a JBL Party Speaker that was donated by Andre’s Electronic Experts here in the South Cariboo.
“This community has always been so generous when it comes to this fundraising event and we just can’t thank everybody enough,” Adams said.
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