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Phoenix food bank expects to hand out a record number of turkeys — and it needs more donations

Frozen turkeys.
Phoenix St. Mary’s Food Bank
Frozen turkeys at Phoenix St. Mary’s Food Bank in 2019.

The St. Mary’s Food Bank in Phoenix expects to distribute a record number of turkeys for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.

The food bank’s Jerry Brown says there are fewer donors, but more need than ever before.

“This has been a year that inflation is a nuisance to you or something that’s ‘upset but doable,’” said Brow, “if you have the opportunity to help folks that inflation is impacting a lot more and make that donation, it would be fantastic.”

Brown said that as of Friday, they were still around 9,000 turkeys away from their goal of 23,000.

Kirsten Dorman was a reporter at KJZZ from 2022 to 2025.
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