Los Angeles City College Foundation extends Gratitude to Community Partners for Successful Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway
Los Angeles City College Foundation is grateful to our community partners who supported students with turkeys, gift cards and turkey dinners this past Thanksgiving.
Special thanks to the offices of Senator Durazo and Councilmember Soto-Martinez, which gave away turkeys and gift cards to LACC students and to United Way of Greater Los Angeles for connecting us to FedEx Annual Adopt A Family for Thanksgiving who gave away turkey dinners to LACC families.
United Way of Greater Los Angeles connected us to FedEx Annual Adopt A Family for Thanksgiving who gave away turkey dinners to LACC families.
The turkey giveaway was a great success! Students from Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS)/Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE)/NextUp greatly appreciated this opportunity to share a special meal together during the holiday. The following are some photos and statements of gratitude that were shared with us:
“This is definitely going to impact my family because it will help me put food on the table and have a very special Thanksgiving for my family like we all deserve to have. I’ve always loved the holidays because that’s a memory my family and I will never forget. I want to say Thank You for giving me this opportunity and also, I want to thank the LACC Foundation for giving us this opportunity to be able to give families the chance to have a loving holiday season.“
– Melanie, EOPS/NextUp student
“I would like to express my appreciation for the LACC Foundation for the assistance in gifting me a free turkey for this year’s holiday. I am honored to be one of the winners out of many applicants because I could enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family thanks to this moment in time LACC Foundation had to offer.”
– Destiny, EOPS/CARE student
“Thank you so much for this special gift. I will celebrate with my Mom at home, and this is the first time I got the Thanksgiving gift. I hope I can donate gifts for people in need in the future. I will do my hard work. Thank you LACC.”
- Luke, EOPS student
Thank you again to our community partners Senator Durazo, Councilmember Soto-Martinez, United Way of Greater Los Angeles and FedEx for supporting LACC students during the holiday. Special thanks to CalWORKs Director Reynold Garcia and Dean Harrison for coordinating these offerings to LACC students. We hope we can continue and grow these partnerships. Our students were very grateful for the opportunity.
