Support Chelsea Rotary by eating at Panera at 5340 Jackson Rd, Ann Arbor on Monday, October 28 from 4
- 8 PM! Panera will donate 20% of your meal when you show our flyer.
Team Turkey History
Around 2011, Troy Rotary members, Mark Bucchiand Bob Waldron, began this program to reach into the Troy area for families who were deserving of a Thanksgiving turkey dinner. In the following 5 years, the program grew to about 20-25 families. In 2016, in addition to Troy Rotary’s usual sources for families, they reached out to some Oakland County agencies and raised the total number of to 30 families. The goal for years has been to grow this service opportunity, and in 2018Troy, Birmingham, Sterling Heights and West Bloomfield Rotary Clubs teamed up to increase the amount of families we could serve! Last year, more than 239 families received aThanksgiving meal! We would not have been able to do this without supporting agencies and our most supportive partner, Kroger.
Support Chelsea Rotary by eating at Panera at 5340 Jackson Rd, Ann Arbor on Monday, October 28 from 4
- 8 PM! Panera will donate 20% of your meal when you show our flyer.
Team Turkey History
Around 2011, Troy Rotary members, Mark Bucchiand Bob Waldron, began this program to reach into the Troy area for families who were deserving of a Thanksgiving turkey dinner. In the following 5 years, the program grew to about 20-25 families. In 2016, in addition to Troy Rotary’s usual sources for families, they reached out to some Oakland County agencies and raised the total number of to 30 families. The goal for years has been to grow this service opportunity, and in 2018Troy, Birmingham, Sterling Heights, and West Bloomfield Rotary Clubs teamed up to increase the number of families we could serve! Last year, more than 239 families received a Thanksgiving meal! We would not have been able to do this without supporting agencies and our most supportive partner, Kroger.
2019Goals & Expansion
The goal for 2019is to raise funds and deliver to 300 families in the Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw Counties. In order to do this, we’ve combined the efforts of multiple clubs with amazing commitments from each. These clubs include the Rotary Clubs of Troy, Birmingham, West Bloomfield, and Sterling Heights, Chelsea, Lake Orion, Utica Shelby, and Lakes Area.
This project is so great for many reasons!
1. Serving hundreds of families in Oakland, Macomb, and Washtenaw counties.
2.Working together with multiple clubs (which we hope to grow in future years!)
3.Community involvement: We have volunteers from community police and fire departments, local service organizations, teachers and students.
As we move forward, we are hoping to get more community leaders and departments involved.
How families are chosen
Families are referred to the program by organizations that serve the underprivileged in their communities. No one agency can meet all the needs in their respective communities, so we work with many:
-Troy Police Department
-works with social services to help families in need.
-Troy Union and Royal Oak and Oakland Elementary
-families referred are on the federal lunch assistance program and/or crisis situation.