DENVER — Denver7, Safeway and Servicios de la Raza are teaming up this Thanksgiving week to ensure households in want have a heat meal for the vacation.
“We’re at Safeway at this time which is a superb associate with Denver7 in our Vacation Helpings meals drive,” Denver7 morning anchor Brian Sanders stated. “Individuals can write a examine or spherical as much as the closest greenback at checkout and all the cash stays proper right here in our neighborhood.”
Denver7’s morning staff together with Sanders, anchor Nicole Brady, meteorologist Lisa Hidalgo and visitors professional Jayson Luber went buying Monday to purchase turkeys and all of the fixins’ for households in want.
“Safeway’s partnership with Denver7 has been wonderful,” Heather Halpape, a spokesperson for Safeway, stated. “Bringing the anchors in, letting them store, , Thanksgiving is all in regards to the joys of meals and celebrating and everybody deserves to have the ability to try this.”
“So, we’re looking for Servicios de la Raza, which is wonderful and advantages from the Turkey Trot and Denver7 Provides and that is all going to go to individuals in want this vacation which is superior,” Hidalgo stated.
“It’s all the time household, proper?” Brady stated. “It’s all the time about being with household and buddies and the meals is a giant a part of that, in fact.”
“It’s about giving a portion of what I’ve to others as a result of that’s simply the suitable factor to do,” Luber stated.
“Hopefully this eases their stress slightly bit,” Sanders stated
“So, we’re totaling up our buy and it’s $2,119.80,” Brady defined of the groceries bought Monday.
“We raised $1.8 million final yr via our Vacation Helpings marketing campaign because of our partnership with Denver7,” Halpape stated. “And that’s over 33,000 reward playing cards that we had been capable of give to households. So, 1000’s and 1000’s of individuals had been capable of have a pleasant Thanksgiving final yr.”
Denver7 Provides additionally introduced Servicios de la Raza with a examine for $5,000 on Monday.
“Simply getting meals into individuals’s arms,” Hidalgo stated. “It’s laborious proper now. The whole lot is so costly, and individuals are struggling, so it’s so good to come back into this room and be part of this and assist and be part of what individuals want this vacation.”
“Thanks Denver7. This may profit the neighborhood by feeding a whole lot of people throughout the Denver metro space,” Jenny Santos with Servicios de la Raza, stated. “Tuesday, November 21 beginning at 9 o’clock we’ll be offering a distribution. First come first served right here at Servicios de la Raza.”
Denver7 Provides, Safeway, Servicios de la Raza staff as much as present meals to 1000’s of households for Thanksgiving
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