Russ Donates 65,000 Pounds of Holiday Turkey to Denver Rescue Mission in ‘Two for One’ Challenge
In November of 2006, Russ issued a challenge via a live TV broadcast to local businesses and individuals to help provide a holiday Thanksgiving meal to the needy, pledging two turkeys for each of the first 1,000 donated to the Denver Rescue Mission’s annual Thanksgiving food programs.
This year, the Mission was thousands of turkeys behind its goal of 4,000 frozen birds for the holiday season. So Russ decided to do something big to encourage others to help out, extending his original pledge and bringing the total charitable gift from Dalbey Education to over 5,000 turkeys, or approximately 65,000 pounds of frozen poultry!
The RedBird turkeys were be served at the Lawrence Street Shelter and distributed to poor and needy families in the metro Denver area through other non-profit agencies.
“This is a difficult time of year for many, and especially for those struggling day to day,” said Brad Meuli, president of the Denver Rescue Mission. “We are extremely grateful for the support of Russ and hope many other Coloradoans will follow his lead.”
For more information about the Denver Rescue Mission, visit www.DenverRescueMission.org
