Food bank, Turkey Trot host online pledge drive for needy
DANA POINT, Calif. – The Dana Point Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, its official charity of the 31st annual Dana Point Turkey Trot, hosting an online pledge drive to help feed the hungry in Orange County.
The Dana Point Turkey Trot is a renowned event with a simple mantra: “Run so others can eat.” Folks who sign up to participate in the Dana Point Turkey Trot 5K and 10K run/walk dubbed, “America’s Turkey Trot,” can join the online pledge drive and ask 10 people to donate $20 each or just make a donation.
Every donation counts and can make a difference to Second Harvest, which is working to eliminate hunger in the county. The food bank provides more than 1 million pounds of food each month for more than 220,000 people in need.
Each dollar donated provides about $12 worth of food to the hungry. Volunteers provide more than 55 percent of the labor so that 94.2 cents from every dollar donated can be passed on through products and services to the needy.
Members of the food bank will have a booth during the Dana Point Turkey Trot – one of the nation’s largest Thanksgiving Day races in the country – to help raise awareness of the hunger issue in Orange County and how people can get involved in the fight against hunger.
To join the Second Harvest Food Bank pledge drive or to make a donation, visit www.turkeytrot.com or www.feedoc.org. Credit card donations will also be accepted by Second Harvest on race day.
For information about the 31st annual Dana Point Turkey Trot, presented by Irvine-based Golden State Foods, call the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce at 949-496-1555 or visit www.turkeytrot.com. For more information about the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, call 949-653-2900.
