Paris, Tenn.–Thanks to the Tennessee River Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation in Paris, 66 families will have plentiful Thanksgiving Day dinners.
Members of the group sorted and delivered boxes Monday afternoon containing 10-12 pound turkeys, cranberry sauce, dressing, green beans, mac and cheese, corn, rolls and more to make up nice Thanksgiving dinners. Group members gathered at Lakeway IGA in the afternoon to pack up the dinners and deliver them. Natalie Hickman explained the group receives the names of families each year from the Family Resource Center, churches and the Carl Perkins Center. For many of the families, the deliveries will be a total surprise. The group has been participating in the project for some 10-12 years. In photo, members of the Longbeards Chapter and employees of Lakeway IGA team up to load the boxes. (Shannon McFarlin photo).