Goodman Community Center: 2,000 families with children registered for a Thanksgiving basket

PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release

Contact: Kathy Utley, Thanksgiving Basket Coordinator
Goodman Community Center
149 Waubesa Street
Madison, WI 53704

608-241-1574 x249
608-834-2051 Cell

kathy@goodmancenter.org

Goodman Community Center has Received Resources to Serve 1300 Families!
We Want to Serve Them All! We Need Food and Money!

The Goodman Community Center is hoping to meet the growing demand for food this Thanksgiving. The Center has over 2,240 families registered for Thanksgiving Baskets, and more than half are children. The Center Will Start to Distribute to Families in Need, Saturday, November 17th – We Still Need Help!

Here is how you can help:

1) Donate Food – The Goodman Community Center will collect food donations through Monday, November 19th. Please donate turkeys, cranberries, pumpkin pie mix, evaporated milk, canned vegetables, canned fruit, Jiffy Pies Crust Mix, and gravy mix.

2) “Money” to purchase turkeys, and perishable items, such as milk, eggs, butter, celery, carrots, potatoes, onions.

Those interested in donating food or money can call 241.1574 x 249, stop by the center during business hours or go to www.goodmancenter.org.

The Goodman Community Center is one of the busier neighborhood centers in Madison. The Center offers many programs to strengthen the lives of preschoolers through teens, meals and social activities for older adults, a food pantry, a gym and fitness center, café and catering and community space. For more information about the Center, visit www.goodmancenter

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