Tom's Turkey Dinner Drive aims for goal of 603 meals

Nov 15, 20180

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From left, Izzy Shepherd, St. John; Kendall Gosney, Zoe Burt and Jantzen Larsen, all of Colfax, drum up business for the 2017 Tom's Turkey Drive in front of the Rosauers parking lot.

Rosauers will try to sell 603 turkey dinners Nov. 16 and 17 to meet the needs and cover all 11 of the food pantries they support in Whitman County with Tom's Turkey Drive.

Tom's Turkey Drive, named after founding supporter Tom Sherry of KREM2 news, is a partnership between KREM2, Second Harvest, Rosauers Supermarket, Franz Bakery, Starbucks and several other groups, plus community donors and volunteers to provide a full Thanksgiving meal to families throughout the inland northwest.

The dinners include butter, milk, stuffing, cranberry sauce, five-pound bags of potatoes and apples, canned veget...