The Denver Rescue Mission is beginning to receive a response to their alarm about not getting turkey donations.
As of Wednesday, the annual drive that began Nov. 1 had yielded no turkeys. By Thursday there were just over 200 turkey donations, and as of 6 p.m. Saturday the count was up to 2,942.
The count is still a little low for this time of year. In 2009 by this time the mission had secured about 4,000 turkeys toward their 6,000 goal.
The turkeys are used each year to serve turkey dinners on Thanksgiving, and to hand out more than 1,000 Thanksgiving Banquet-in-a-Box food boxes the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.
The Denver Rescue Mission also shares its donations with other local organizations. Turkey requests currently total 5,000 from organizations such as Jewish Family Service, Agape Christian Church and Mean Street Ministry.
