DEIRDR WELL, THANKSGIVING THIS YEAR MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES.
SOME ARE HAVING TROUBLE PUTTING A MEAL ON THE TABLE.
THAT IS WHY WE HOST OUR ANNUAL KCRA TURKEY DRIVE TO HELP.
KCRA 3’S MICHELLE DAPPER AND THE MY58 STREET TEAM’S NEKETIA HENRY ARE AT THE SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK AND FAMILY SERVICES CAMPUS.
NEKETIA: HEY, THAT IS RIGHT.
IT IS GOING AWESOME.
WE ARE OUT HERE FOR THE 13TH ANNUAL TURKEY DRIVE, AND IT IS A CELEBRATION.
YES, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMING THROUGH AND DONATING.
I AM HANGING OUT WITH MATT.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING TO DO THIS?
MATT: I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FOOD BANK FOR SIX YEARS.
NEKETIA: WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE LIKE?
MATT: THEY ARE VERY GIVING, AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
A LOT OF THE FAMILIES ARE COMING IN AND DONATING THE TURKEYS FOR A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES IN NEED.
HERE IN SACRAMENTO, WHAT HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A TURKEY THIS SEASON, AND SACRAMENTO IS HELPING US VERY MUCH WITH DONATING TURKEYS AND ALSO THE
FIXINGS.
NEKETIA: ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MATT, FOR BEING A PART OF THIS AND HAVING US HERE.
SPEAKING OF COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT KCRA 3 IS ALL ABOUT, I THINK WE HAVE SOME ACTION GOING ON.
I AM GOING TO TOSS IT OVER TO ONE OF MY FAVORITES, MICHELLE DAPPER.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
MICHELLE: NEKETIA, WE HAVE GOT A SPECIAL DELIVERY.
CHECK THIS OUT.
KCRA 3 JUST ARRIVED.
THAT IS OUR VERY OWN MICHAEL APPEARED WHAT HAVE YOU GOT HERE?
LET ME SEE?
MICHAEL: I FELT LIKE I COULD NOT USE MY NEWS CAR, SO THE BOSS SAID USE A LIVE TRUCK, SO I HAVE GOT TO TRUCKS, FULL OF TURKEYS.
MICHELLE: TELL ME HOW MANY TURKEYS WE HAVE GOT HERE TODAY.
MICHAEL: 124 TURKEYS, PLUS SIDES.
MICHELLE: WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO DO THIS?
MICHAEL: MY WIFE AND I STARTED THIS YEARS AGO, AND THEN WE ASKED FOR HELP, AND WE GOT 800 POUNDS OF TURKEY.
THE STATION SAID HEY, WE HAVE NOT SEEN EACH OTHER FOR A YEAR, SENT OUT ONE EMAIL, AND EVERYBODY CHUCKED IN.
I LOVE IT!
MICHELLE: LOVE IT, LOVE IT.
WHAT ARE YOU THINK WILL FOR?
MICHAEL: I AM THANKFUL FOR BEING HEALTHY, GREAT FRIENDS, AND TAKING CARE OF EVERYBODY.
MICHELLE: I LOVE IT.
SO MORE THAN 100 TURKEYS FROM KCRA 3 PHOTOGRAPHERS.
MICHAEL: THAT IS EVERYBODY!
MICHELLE: ALL OF US HAD KCRA 3.
PRETTY COOL.
SIDES AND TURKEYS FOR ALL.
SEE HOW EASY IT IS?
I WON’T EVEN INTERVIEW IF YOU COME BY, JUST COME ON BY, WE ARE HERE UNTIL 7:00.
LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN AND KEEP A GIVEN GOING, RIGHT, DEIRDRE?
DEIRDRE: YEAH, MICHELLE, HE WAS TALKING BUT THE NUMBERS, AS A GROUP, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN ALMOST $2000, AND EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN OUR PLACE GOT TO GET AMANDA, THANK PEOPLE KEPT
SAYING WAS, "IT IS MAKING ME FEEL GOOD," WHICH IS BEING GRATEFUL AND PASSING IT FORWARD.
EVERY BUSINESS HAS GOT A DOMMY THERE, WHO GETS YOU GOING.
MICHELLE: HE DOES IT EVERY YEAR COULD IT IS AMAZING.
EILEEN: YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS AMAZING -- DEIRDRE: YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS AMAZING?
GABE IS THE PICKIEST PERSON ABOUT GETTING THINGS MESSY, AND HE IS ALLOWING US TO PUT FROZEN POULTRY IN THERE, WHICH SHOWS HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO HIM.
MICHELLE: DAVE RAMOSE, WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?
DAVE: I AM HAPPY THAT WE ARE WORKING, WE ARE HELPING, AND WE ARE HEALTHY.
MICHELLE: YOUR COMPLOT DRY OVER HERE IS A JETS FRAN -- COMPADRE OVER HERE IS A JETS FAN, AND YOU ARE A NINERS FAN HOW IS THAT WORKING?
DAVE: TODAY, WE ARE ALL FANS OF TURKEY.
[LAUGHTER] DEIRDRE: WE GO TO WHAT WE KNOW, AND TODAY WE KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY, WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB ON THINGS, SO ANYBODY WHO CAN COME ON NOW AND HELP US WITH