Feed the Needy - Turkey Basket

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Each year, the Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC) reaches out to our City’s most challenged communities and distributes Thanksgiving Baskets to over 2,000 needy families; providing Thanksgiving dinners to feed over 6,000 individuals each year. Over the past 33 years, UAC has fed over 150,000 Philadelphia residents! UAC works with more than 80 community groups, churches, and elected officials in all neighborhoods to identify those most in need and provide them with Thanksgiving Baskets. 

Over the last 12 years, our partners Brown’s Shoprite and their vendors have provided all of the Thanksgiving fixings valued at $50,000 annually. However, UAC must raise $30,000 to purchase the Turkeys for the baskets. In the past, the costs of the matching funds have largely been supported by funding from the Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED); however, these funds are no longer available.