Holiday giving during COVID-19: Columbus volunteers plan Thanksgiving turkey drive-through
For the past 25 years, Annie Barry has spent most of her Thanksgiving Day giving.
Starting out in her own kitchen in 1994, Barry and her friends cooked and delivered hot meals to seniors and residents with disabilities in Lowndes County every year. What began as a small operation has expanded to serving thousands of county residents in need each year over more than two decades.
‘The start of their Thanksgiving’: Annual turkey drive starts this week in Columbus
Annie Barry spent Monday morning going from Columbus office to Columbus office handing out flyers for the city’s annual turkey drive.
Volunteers prepare for annual turkey drive
When Columbus resident Annie Barry began preparing Thanksgiving meals to take to the city’s elderly and disabled residents back in 1994, she only to made about 50 plates.
CPD holds annual Turkey Drive
Approximately 100 volunteers will deliver 1,400 meals today to elderly and disabled citizens as part of the Columbus Police Department and Columbus Fire & Rescue’s annual Turkey Drive.