WITHOUT BOND PENDING EXTRADITION. NEW TONIGHT, THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS JUST ABOUT HERE, AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT MEANS GETTING TOGETHER WITH YOUR LOVED ONES AND ENJOYING A HOLIDAY MEAL. BRIANA: FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE TRIAD, ONE MEAL CAN BE HARD TO COME BY. OUR BRANDON BATES JOINS US TONIGHT FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY WHERE A SCHOOL PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO HELP. REPORTER: STUDENTS ARE HARD AT WORK AT THE WAKE FOREST CAMPUS KITCHEN COOKING FOR THOSE WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT HAVE A MEAL. WAKE FOREST STUDENTS ARE CHOPPING, PEELING, AND BAKING UP HUNDREDS OF MEALS FOR THOSE IN NEED. >> WE HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENT LEADERS COOKING FOR OUR ANNUAL TURKEYPALOOZA EVENT. REPORTER: TURKEYPALOOZA IS A PROGRAM WHERE VOLUNTEERS COOK HUNDREDS OF MEALS FROM SCRATCH, SOME THINGS LIKE THE SWEET POTATOES AND GREEN BEANS ARE GROWN RIGHT THERE ON CAMPUS. >> THE LONGER I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CAMPUS KITCHEN, THE MORE I’VE LEARNED ABOUT SOME OF ISSUES INVOLVING HUNGER, HOMELESSNESS, AND NUTRITION THAT HAS JUST MADE ME MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. REPORTER: AVERY IS A SENIOR AND HAS BEEN WITH THE PROGRAM SINCE SHE WAS A FRESHMAN. SHE SAYS IT’S EASY FOR STUDENTS TO BE BLIND TO THE ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU RARELY LEAVE CAMPUS. >> IT IS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO FILL A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE AROUND THE HOLIDAYS FEEL LOVED AND PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THEM. REPORTER: TURKEYPALOOZA IS AN ANNUAL EVENT PUT ON BY WAKE FOREST STUDENTS AND THE GOAL IS TO FIGHT HUNGER. SINCE 2006, THEY HAVE DISTRIBUTED OVER 100,000 MEALS AND THEIR PLAN IS TO DISTRIBUTE 60 TURKEYS JUST THIS WEEK. >> OUR MOTTO IS PRO HUMANITATO , SUPPORT HUMANITY. THIS IS A CHANCE FOR STUDENTS TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND EMBODY THAT MOTTO AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MEMBER OF THE WINSTON-SALEM COMMUNITY. REPORTER: DELIVERIES FOR THE CAMPUS KITCHEN WRAP UP MONDAY THE 25TH BUT UNTIL THEN THEY’LL BE COOKING 100 MEALS A NIGHT AND DELIVERING THEM BY
Wake Forest volunteers preparing hundreds of Thanksgiving meals for food-insecure Triad residents
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Updated: 10:09 PM EST Nov 18, 2019
Wake Forest volunteers are making about 350 Thanksgiving dinners in Campus Kitchen that will be delivered over the next week to community organizations that help with food insecurity in Winston-Salem."The longer that I’ve been involved in Campus Kitchen, the more I’ve learned about some of the issues about hunger, homelessness and nutrition, especially in Winston-Salem. That has just made me more passionate about it," one student said.This year, Harvest Table Culinary Group officials from the university's on-campus food service provider will prepare 200 more meals for the community to be delivered.Dinners include turkey, green beans, vegetable stuffing, mashed sweet potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce and pumpkin cookies. Most of the green beans and sweet potatoes are used from the Wake Forest Campus Garden and the turkeys were purchased from a local farm outside of Winston-Salem.The deliveries to organizations including City with Dwellings, FaithHealth NC, Latino Community Services, Habitat for Humanity Forsyth County, Samaritan Ministries, The Parenting Path, The Potter's House, The Shalom Project, Veterans Helping Veterans Heal and individuals in the Asterpark and Azalea Terrace communities will take place from Tuesday through Nov. 25. "It's really important for Wake Forest University to continue building community and to recognize that we're all celebrating Thanksgiving together," said Brad Shugoll, associate director of service and leadership for the Office of Civic and Community Engagement. "Turkeypalooza creates a space where we can share in a fall meal while allowing students, faculty and staff to think beyond the Wake Forest community and to work in partnership with our community organizations."
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest volunteers are making about 350 Thanksgiving dinners in Campus Kitchen that will be delivered over the next week to community organizations that help with food insecurity in Winston-Salem.
"The longer that I’ve been involved in Campus Kitchen, the more I’ve learned about some of the issues about hunger, homelessness and nutrition, especially in Winston-Salem. That has just made me more passionate about it," one student said.
This year, Harvest Table Culinary Group officials from the university's on-campus food service provider will prepare 200 more meals for the community to be delivered.
Dinners include turkey, green beans, vegetable stuffing, mashed sweet potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce and pumpkin cookies.
Most of the green beans and sweet potatoes are used from the Wake Forest Campus Garden and the turkeys were purchased from a local farm outside of Winston-Salem.
The deliveries to organizations including City with Dwellings, FaithHealth NC, Latino Community Services, Habitat for Humanity Forsyth County, Samaritan Ministries, The Parenting Path, The Potter's House, The Shalom Project, Veterans Helping Veterans Heal and individuals in the Asterpark and Azalea Terrace communities will take place from Tuesday through Nov. 25.
"It's really important for Wake Forest University to continue building community and to recognize that we're all celebrating Thanksgiving together," said Brad Shugoll, associate director of service and leadership for the Office of Civic and Community Engagement. "Turkeypalooza creates a space where we can share in a fall meal while allowing students, faculty and staff to think beyond the Wake Forest community and to work in partnership with our community organizations."
