2000 Turkeys in full swing

With a little less than five weeks remaining until Thanksgiving, the 2000 Turkeys campaign to provide Thanksgiving meals to Washington County families in need is in full swing.
So, too, is the generous, giving spirit of Washington County businesses, organizations and individuals.
Every year, 2000 Turkeys aims to raise $100,000 for the Greater Washington County Food Bank, and so far, the 2017 campaign has raised $8,262, thanks to donations small and large.
Co-sponsored by the Observer-Reporter and WJPA Radio, 2000 Turkeys has been the largest single fundraiser on behalf of the food bank and its neighboring pantries.
Every dollar donated goes toward providing Thanksgiving dinners for families.
Community members who lead the 2000 Turkeys campaign are grateful for the community’s efforts to make sure their neighbors who are having a tough time paying the bills can enjoy a turkey dinner.
An estimated 25,000 people in Washington County are food insecure, and more than 50 percent of those are seniors and children under 18.
If you’d like to donate to the 2000 Turkeys campaign, please mail your tax-deductible donation, payable to “2000 Turkeys,” to 2000 Turkeys, P.O. Box 2000, Washington, Pa., 15301. Or, drop off your donation at the Observer-Reporter office, 122 South Main St., Washington, or at WJPA Radio, 98 S. Main St., next door to the Observer-Reporter.
Thank you to the following for their generous contributions:
Blue Knights/Washington Lodge 164 Free and Accepted Masons $2,000
Gregory & Vivian Prentice $50
Janet Donovan $10
Timothy & Debra Trent $25
Timothy Sr. & Theresa Dunlap $2,000
Terry & Jo Ellen Dalton $120
Drs. Franklin & Karen Kuzy $50
Linda Hill $50
David Sr. & Jane McKenery $50
Loretta Churney, in memory of daughter Denise Churney $20
Bentworth Education Association $250
Monongahela Farmers Market $200
Pamela Ross $20
Gene & Kathleen McDaniel $50
Charles Hines Jr. $20
Lesa Guley $50
John & Connie Frazier $50
Andrew & Betty Pordash $20
Dorothy Plants $50
Gary Johnson $1,000
Janet Magnelli $100
Frank & Darlene Tragone $25
J. Richard Kattan $100
Eric Held $50
Amelia Solobay $25
Sue Beels $75
Charles Sr. & Linda Kacvinsky $50
Ruth & Louis Vore $200
Morris Sr. & Patricia Harvey $50
James & Joan Holbert $25
Lois, Fred Jr. & Jeffrey Smith $20
Dominick & Donna Trimarki $50
Joann & Joseph Sciulli $50
Sara McCullough $50
Jesse & Jodi McNurlen $25
Robert & Sara Jones Hohn $100
John Startare $50
Michael & Terry Wheatley $50
Nina Gysegem $100
Joseph & Kathleen Progar $40
First Christian Church $100
Roy Zoog $100
Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian Church Womens Missionary Society $77
Raymond & Anna Zedel $50
John & Linda Fetchen $30
Albert Devenney Jr. $50
Bud & Nancy Bell $50
Tad & Vicki Zieba $50
Juliana Furda $20
Holly Lincoln $25
Betty Lue Gordon $50
Nancy & David Rubis $100
Joseph & Nancy Zipko $25
Mary Jo Stonfer Fedutes $25
Ron & Trudy Kosey 50
Richard & Carol Ann Earliwine $25
Anonymous $25
Anonymous $40
Anonymous $50