St. Sabina handed out 1,000 turkeys donated by movie director Spike Lee. Servants for Hope gave away more than 600 turkeys in Englewood.
CHICAGO -- Are you already preparing for Thanksgiving dinner? Non-profits certainly are, giving out thousands of turkeys around Chicago and the suburbs on Saturday.A line wrapped around the corner at St. Sabina Church in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, some people waiting hours for a free turkey, including Helen May who was first in line at 6 a.m. for the giveaway that officially started at noon.'Too early. Too early. I thought there would be a whole bunch of people. You gotta come early.
'We understand the struggle, we understand the pain, but we are here for you,' said Deontae Tanner, CEO of Servants for Hope, which hosted its own turkey giveaway at Englewood STEM High School on Saturday.Tanner bought more than 600 turkeys for his Englewood giveaway.'I'm excited to see all of these disappear,' he said.Servants for Hope hit up several grocery stores at a time this week to make sure they had all the food they needed, packing their truck until 1 a.m.
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