The Pecan Bayou Roost Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation is helping less fortunate families in the area by offering warm smiles and hearty meals this holiday season.
Through the Turkey Hunters Care program, the Pecan Bayou Roost Chapter is providing 50 turkeys to families in the area to help complete the traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.
Volunteers with the local Chapter will distribute 25 frozen domestic turkeys to Good Samaritan Ministries November 22 at 10am at 305 Clark St to help ensure families in the area will have a Thanksgiving to remember. Another 25 will be distributed to Family Services Center Dec 23 at 10am.
“The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are times for family, but they are also a time when many families are in need,” said NWTF president Russ Porter. “Turkey Hunters Care is a great way for the NWTF’s committed volunteers to help these families during some of the most celebrated holidays of the year.” Don’t forget our annual fund raising banquet August 6 2011.
The NWTF is a nonprofit conservation organization that works daily to further its mission of conserving the wild turkey and preserving our hunting heritage. Through dynamic partnerships with state, federal and provincial wildlife agencies, the NWTF and its members have helped restore wild turkey populations across the country, spending more than $331 million to conserve 15.9 million acres of habitat for all types of wildlife.
The NWTF was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Edgefield, S.C. According to many state and federal agencies, the restoration of the wild turkey is arguably the greatest conservation success story in North America’s wildlife history. To learn more, visit www.nwtf.org or call (800) THE-NWTF.
