University of Tennessee Athletics
UT STUDENT-ATHLETES DELIVER 'TOUCHDOWN FOR TURKEYS' TO SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK
December 12, 2006 | Football
Dec. 12, 2006
Members of the University of Tennessee football team were on-hand today to deliver 301 turkeys to Second Harvest Food Bank as part of the "Touchdown for Turkeys" project.
During the 2006 football season, UT, Food City and Butterball teamed up for "Touchdown for Turkeys." For each touchdown scored at a UT football game (home and away), seven butterball turkeys have been donated to Second Harvest compliments of Food City and Butterball. Tennessee's football team exploded for 43 touchdowns in 2006, equating into 301 Butterball turkeys which Food City will deliver to Second Harvest.
"This is a great opportunity for these organizations to join efforts in order to bring food to those in need," said Tom Hembree, president of Food City. "We are glad that Food City is able to support this project."
This is the third year that UT has participated in "Touchdown for Turkeys."
"The Touchdown for Turkeys event is an outstanding program that we are proud to be a part of. It is an honor to be involved and we are grateful to Food City, Butterball and the University of Tennessee for allowing us to be a part of the happening," said Elaine Machiela, executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank. "This is a time of year of great need for many hungry, local needy families and they will be grateful for the turkeys to help with their holiday dinner.
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee recovers food that is canned, packaged or perishable to distribute to 350 plus agencies in an 18 county area. Last year Second Harvest distributed enough food for 7,000,000 meals.
