Members of the Fredericton Firefighters Association want to help brighten the holidays for families in need.
Firefighters helped collect 375 turkeys for Greener Village Community Food Centre on Wednesday, breaking their record of 202 from 2015.
Greener Village executive director Elizabeth Crawford Thurber said the demand for food has doubled over the past five years – not just when it comes to the holidays.
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She said that lead to the need to partner with the association four years ago.
“We’re serving 1,200 families each month for daily food services, but for Christmas we’re doing over a thousand Christmas dinners,” Crawford Thurber said.
She said there aren’t enough donations coming in to meet the demand and food prices have increased.
“Having an increase in need is very disconcerting,” Crawford Thurber said.
She said it’s great to have the support of the Firefighters Association and the community, and says everyone deserves to have a turkey at Christmas.
Fredericton Firefighters Association president Evan Gilks said he, along with all the other members of the fire department, said they’re happy to help out.
“On and off the job we want to give back the the community and this time of year we want to make sure families have a good Christmas and have a good Christmas dinner,” Gilks said.
Greener Village staff say their goal is to collect 1,200 turkeys before December 23. In total to date there have been close to 900 turkeys donated or purchased through donations.
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