Del Cerro Community gives 105+ Thanksgiving Dinners
In a grass roots effort the Del Cerro Community came together to ensure their neighbors in need wouldn’t go hungry this Thanksgiving. Kassie Kaiser, the inspiration behind the drive, has been faithfully leading the drive for 33 years. She has inspired Home Depot to donate the boxes, her friends and family to fill the boxes with food, and Windmill Farms to donate the turkeys. New this year, Mission Federal Credit Union donated $500 to go towards the refrigerated truck to keep the turkeys fresh.The drive started with only 20 boxes and now has grown to an impressive 105
The Kaiser's 33rd Annual Del Cerro Food Drive provided huge Thanksgiving feasts for 108 less fortunate families chosen by the Salvation Army.
Tom, Kassy, and Lindy said that over 60 volunteers (from passing out flyers, collecting, sorting, boxing food, and donations to complete the boxes) made this possible.
The Kaiser’s want to specifically thank: Windmill Farms for providing frozen turkeys, Home Depot for providing the boxes, Pizazz Salon, Nancy Losek, for promoting the Drive and collecting barrels of food, Jack and Candy Kirchner for providing the space for collection and sorting and to Norm Katz for all of his extraordinary organizational skill and help every year.
The Del Cerro Community was hugely generous in providing tons of food and donations to complete the Thanksgiving boxes. Each one contained approximately 75-80 pounds of food, including turkey, bags of apples, potatoes and onions plus ALL other types of Thanksgiving food, freshly baked dinner rolls, roasting pans and recipes.
Tom, Kassy and Lindy want to thank each and every one who put food out to be picked up, donations of time and money, and each person's time and effort passing out flyers, collecting, sorting, filling boxes, and helping to make this year's drive a huge success. Thank you ALL!!