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14,000 Pounds of Turkey in Tow to Local Charities

18 November 1998

ADVISORY/14,000 Pounds of Turkey in Tow to Local Charities; AAA and Safeway Food Donation Meets Charities' Needs for Holiday Meals

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WHEN:  Thursday, Nov. 19

WHERE: San Francisco:    10 a.m. Salvation Army, 407 9th St. (near
                                 Harrison)
                      10:45 a.m. Glide Memorial Church, 330 Ellis St.
                                 (at Taylor)
                      11:30 a.m. Project Open Hand, 730 Polk St. (at 
                                 Ellis)

       Oakland:        1:30 p.m. Salvation Army, 810 Clay St., (near 
                                 8th St.)

       San Jose:      10:30 a.m. Salvation Army, 359 N. 4th St., (near 
                                 N. Julian)

      (AAA will also be making a delivery of Thanksgiving turkeys to
The City Team in San Jose.)

WHAT: Six Bay Area charities will now be able to serve 14,000 more
      Thanksgiving turkey meals, thanks to a donation by AAA and
      Safeway. A convoy of tow-trucks will deliver frozen turkeys to
      Glide Memorial, Salvation Army, Project Open Hand and City Team
      in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, respectively. The
      turkeys will be prepared into meals that charities will serve to
      Bay Area needy residents on Thanksgiving Day.

WHY:  AAA is delivering nearly 21,000 Thanksgiving turkey meals to 11
      charities in Northern California, Nevada and Utah, expecting to
      meet the entire turkey needs of each charity for the holiday. 
      The Thanksgiving turkey delivery project, now in its second year
      is part of AAA's Road to Caring program, an on-going campaign to
      meet the needs of the communities it serves.

    Note to Editors: Great photo opportunity -- AAA tow trucks delivering turkeys; AAA and Bay Area charities available for interviews.