The Wake Forest Police Department has begun accepting checks and cash for its 12th annual Turkey Drive, and on Saturday, Nov. 17, it will accept donations of frozen turkeys at the Wake Forest Police Department Main Station on Taylor Street. The money will buy additional turkeys.
On Monday, Nov. 19, police officers and staff will be at the Wake Forest Community House on West Owen Avenue to give the tuTrkeys to needy community families from 9 to 11 a.m. or until they run out of turkeys.
Want to help? You can donate online using PayPal at www.wakeforestnc.gov/donate-to-our-turkey-drive.aspx<http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/donate-to-our-turkey-drive.aspx>.
If you want to give cash or checks, call or email Officer M.W. Sattler at 919-795-7270,
msattler@wakeforestnc.gov<mailto:msattler@wakeforestnc.gov>.
Officer Sattler organized the police department’s first Turkey Drive in 2007. Since then, the department has distributed nearly 7,000 turkeys to needy families in our area, including over 800 turkeys last year.
