Donation allows Cheney Food Bank to hand out turkeys

CHENEY – A regional effort to provide a Thanksgiving meal to indigent residents is feeding more than 100 local families this holiday.

The 2nd Harvest Tom’s Turkey Drive will feed more than 11,000 families in the region, officials said. That includes families who were expected to line up Tuesday at the Cheney Food Bank, 624 3rd St., to pick up their meals.

Approximately 60 individuals and 64 families were scheduled to pick up turkey and all the trimmings, 30-year volunteer John Matthews said.

Mathews and Jerry Stewart were on hand Monday when a 2nd Harvest truck arrived with the turkeys, milk,...