Turkey Tuesday

Join 12 News, Bashas', Food City, and AJ's Fine Foods in support Turkey Tuesday – the largest one-day turkey drive in the country!

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Thank you for your support of the 2024 Turkey Tuesday Drive!

Turkey Tuesday, the largest one-day turkey drive in the nation, was a huge success in 2024!! Thanks to the support of our partners, 12 News, Bashas', Food City and Aj's Fine Foods, as well as our compassionate community members, we broke our all-time donation record with $844,603 in donations (both monetary donation and turkeys donated). Your support allowed us to ensure families in need were able to enjoy a delicious meal together this holiday season! Thank you for making this Turkey Tuesday the biggest one ever!

Impact of Turkey Tuesday in Arizona

$650,000

raised to support families in need in 2023

$50

buys a holiday food box for a family with a turkey and all the sides and fixings

30+

years of Turkey Tuesday support in Arizona

How to Get Involved

Volunteer

Volunteers are vital to our daily work to feed, clothe, house and heal people in need, and during the holiday season we need volunteers more than ever.

Whether you're serving meals in one of our Valley dining rooms, helping to prepare and plate up holiday meals, or sorting donations in our food reclamation center to be distributed in food boxes around Arizona, you can make a difference this holiday season.

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Join us for a parking lot party!

Woman spinning a wheel of chance outside a Bashas' store on Turkey Tuesday

Turkey Tuesday, Nov. 26, from 4PM - 7PM
There will be local vendors, activities for kids, performances from local bands, and more! It's also your opportunity to drop off a frozen turkey for someone in need this Thanksgiving.

East Valley - Bashas'

99 S Higley Rd.
Gilbert, AZ 85296

West Valley - Bashas'

15367 W Waddell Rd.
Surprise, AZ 853794

Flagstaff - St. Francisco de Asis Catholic Parish

1600 E Route 66
Flagstaff, AZ 86001

The funds and turkeys received on Turkey Tuesday support various programs at St. Vincent de Paul such as our food reclamation center, central kitchen, and community food pantries. Explore the various ways that your donation will support families in need this holiday season.

Food Reclamation Center

This center is the hub for all the donations that come in through more than 500 community drives we host annually. In total, we process millions of pounds of food each year.

After sorting and running quality control, we distribute the goods across SVdP’s mission, including to our 80 conference community food pantries, which receive about 130,000 pounds of food each month. The food, hygiene items, and other goods are then delivered to families in need during home visits.

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Volunteer cutting turkey for Thanksgiving

Kitchen

As one of the largest commercial kitchens in the Southwest, where we prepare 7,000 nutritious meals every day! This central location provides meals to all four St. Vincent de Paul Dining Rooms and over 30 partner social service agencies. We feed families and individuals in need every single day of the year.

Every morning at 3 a.m., one of the most impressive operations at SVdP Phoenix comes alive. While much of the city sleeps, our central kitchen starts chopping, stirring, and cooking up the day’s meals in industrial-sized vats and massive frying pans and ovens.

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Older man holding two turkeys in a food pantry

Community Food Pantries and Vincentians

The SVdP volunteers from the parish, referred to as Vincentians, focus on offering direct, personal support to those in need by making home visits and delivering food boxes to families facing hardship. These compassionate visits allow them to assess needs firsthand and provide essential items, such as groceries, while offering emotional support and guidance. Their goal is to bring hope and assistance directly to people's homes, ensuring they feel cared for and connected to their community.

More than 168,000 food boxes are delivered yearly to families experiencing food insecurity in Central and Northern Arizona.

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30 Years of Turkey Tuesday in the Valley

In 1992, 12 News and the Bashas' Family of Stores partnered with St. Vincent de Paul to host the very first Turkey Tuesday drive. Since then, it has grown into the largest one-day turkey drive in the country providing thousands of turkeys and holiday meals to families in need around Arizona each year.

This year, on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, you can join in the Turkey Tuesday tradition and help make the holidays special for those in need.

Two men with a cart of turkeys on the back of a truck

Bruce Cooper interviewing donors on Turkey Tuesday

Vincentians posing with a cart full of turkeys

Two women holding a cooked turkey with an SVdP hat

Donors posing with a turkey at the cash register of a Bashas'

Group of people standing in front of pumpkin pies

Bruce Cooper and Tram Mai doing a TV interview

Steve Zabilski posing with a young boy holding a turkey

2024 Exceptional Community Partner Donations

Special thanks to our group of amazing community partners and organizations who donated generously both monetarily and with turkeys. Their support is set to change the lives of our community members in need on this holiday.