Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - With a little less than a week until Thanksgiving Day, a Syracuse church is doing its part to make sure families in need have a turkey on the table. This Sunday they'll be giving away a thousand birds for free.
Pastor Danny Thornton is involved in this year’s turkey giveaway, the third year the church has given away free turkeys for no charge with no questions asked. Long lines formed at the church for the first two years, when 500 and then 700 birds were handed out. This year, they're giving away a 1000.
But there is some concern: not that people wont need the free birds, but that people won't know where the birds will be given away. Unlike the past two years, this year they'll be given away at the OnCenter.
They are moving to the OnCenter because entire families show up for the giveaway. Each one will be given a turkey to bring home to cook up on Thanksgiving Day.
River of Life Church wants to make sure that on one day at least, no one will go hungry.
The annual turkey giveaway takes place this Sunday afternoon, November 22st, at the OnCenter in downtown Syracuse. It begins at 2:00 p.m.
