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Liberty Bank/Rotary Club Thanksgiving Dinner Drive

When you sit down to your Thanksgiving feast, do you ever think about what the holiday would be like if you couldn’t afford to feed your family?  Unfortunately, too many families in our area struggle with that problem every year.  That’s why Liberty Bank and the Liberty Bank Foundation have teamed up with 27 local Rotary Clubs with an important mission in mind:  to make sure that all of our neighbors can share in a bountiful Thanks-giving feast.  Since the Liberty Bank/Rotary Club Thanksgiving Dinner Drive began in 2004, it has provided more than $477,000 to put turkey and all the trimmings on the tables of families in need.

Beginning the day after Columbus Day, all 43 Liberty Bank offices collect donations to the drive, which are deposited to special accounts owned by the participating Rotary Clubs.  On the Monday before Thanksgiving, the Liberty Bank Foundation adds matching funds of 25 cents for every $1, up to a total of $25,000.  Each Rotary Club then withdraws the funds and uses them to provide Thanksgiving food in its local community.  Clubs may purchase and deliver food themselves, or donate the proceeds of the drive to a local non-profit organization that provides Thanksgiving food to needy residents.  In 2010, the drive provided a record total of more than $109,000 in food.

The 2011 Liberty Bank/Rotary Club Thanksgiving Dinner Drive will begin on Tuesday, October 11.  In these difficult economic times, more families than ever will need help to put turkey on the table.  Please join us by making a donation at any Liberty Bank office, or giving to any participating Rotary Club.  Your generosity will make your own Thanksgiving dinner taste even better!  For more information on the drive, contact the Foundation at (860) 638-2961 or tmaher@liberty-bank.com.

Participating Rotary Clubs: