Extra Table wants 9,000 Mississippi-grown chickens for pantries
Extra Table's Give 'Em A Bird campaign kicks off Nov. 10 in Gulfport. Fifteen dollars buys three whole Mississippi-grown chickens for pantry partners the week before Thanksgiving.
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Extra Table will launch Give 'Em A Bird on Nov. 10 at The Markham Hotel in Gulfport, Darkhorse Press reported. The holiday campaign is seeking 9,000 Mississippi-grown chickens for pantry partners the week before Thanksgiving.
Fifteen dollars covers three whole chickens. The line the organizers use is Mississippians feeding Mississippians. The Nov. 10 event is the kickoff, and 9,000 is the goal, not a delivery that has already been counted.
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Extra Table, a Mississippi group, is about to start a holiday drive called Give 'Em A Bird. The kickoff is November 10 at The Markham Hotel in Gulfport. The goal is 9,000 chickens raised in Mississippi, for food pantries the week before Thanksgiving. Fifteen dollars pays for three whole chickens. The group describes the idea as Mississippians feeding Mississippians. The kickoff is still ahead, and 9,000 is the number they hope to reach, not a count of birds already delivered.
- Why would a pantry want whole chickens before Thanksgiving?
- What does it mean that the campaign has not started yet?
- How can food grown in one state feed neighbors in that same state?
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