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Westminster Donates 125 Turkeys to Holiday Food Drive
As a part of Westminster’s 125th anniversary celebration, Westminster students loaded up 125 frozen turkeys into two school vans and took them to a refrigerated trailer at Henry James Memorial School on Nov. 14 as the school’s contribution to the annual Jack Bannan’s Turkey Trot, a frozen turkey drive for the Thanksgiving holiday. The student volunteers included members of First Boys’ Basketball and the Community Service Program.
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The goal of the food drive this year is to collect 3,500 turkeys, 24,000 pounds of nonperishable food and cash. The donations will be given to Foodshare, which will distribute the items to needy families in the region through its warehouse in Bloomfield. Last year, 3,300 turkeys and $15,000 in cash donations were gathered.
Jack Bannan, a former sixth grade teacher in the Simsbury School public system, started the turkey drive 20 years ago. His daughter, Marianne Bannan, was carrying on her father’s legacy at the food drop-off location this year and welcomed Westminster’s donation to the effort. “We love to see these kinds of gifts, which are very much appreciated,” she said. “This will give us a big jump toward our goal.”
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