{"id":4692,"date":"2019-11-15T11:53:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T16:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=4692"},"modified":"2019-11-15T11:54:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T16:54:06","slug":"polk-sheriffs-charities-will-be-giving-away-free-turkeys-saturday-november-23-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/11\/15\/polk-sheriffs-charities-will-be-giving-away-free-turkeys-saturday-november-23-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk Sheriff’s Charities will be giving away free turkeys Saturday, November 23, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Polk Sheriff’s\nCharities, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit charitable organization, is\nsponsoring a free turkey giveaway Saturday, November 23rd,<\/strong> at\nthree Polk County locations (<\/strong>see below).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With Thanksgiving\nright around the corner, the Polk Sheriff’s Charities board decided to\ncontribute turkeys to families who may be finding it tough to put a meal\ntogether for the holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is our\nway of saying \u2018thank you\u2019 to Polk County citizens for their support of our\ndeputies. In some communities around the country, you can find tension and\nmistrust between law enforcement and residents. Not here. We work hard with our\ncommunities to keep our neighborhoods, families, and children safe. We are\nhonored to get so much support from so many people. Building relationships and\nconnections in our neighborhoods is what we are all about. We literally could\nnot have the success in fighting crime that we have without our communities’\nsupport. So, we know that there are families out there who are struggling\nfinancially and we want to do our small part to help out this Thanksgiving<\/em>.”\n– Grady Judd, Sheriff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The turkeys will be\ndistributed one per family, one per vehicle on a first-come, first-served basis\nwhile supplies last.<\/strong> No\nidentification or pre-qualification will be required to receive a turkey.\n“We trust that folks will do the right thing<\/em>,” Sheriff Judd\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deputies will be at\neach location to hand out the birds, which are in the 15 to 17 pound range. Up\nto 1,400 turkeys will be given away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If we have\nany turkeys left over, Polk Sheriff’s Charities will donate them to non-profits\nor the county jail to help them serve turkey to the inmates<\/em>,”\nsaid Bunky Hill, <\/strong>Chairman of Polk Sheriff’s Charities. “But\nI have a feeling we may run out on Saturday. We have a lot of turkeys, but we\nalso have a lot of need in Polk County not just folks down on their luck, but\nwe also have working families that could just use a boost for the holiday.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The locations and\ntimes where the turkeys will be distributed are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

East Polk: 9:00\na.m. to 10:30 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church on the Hill,\n1111 Scenic Hwy, Dundee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central Polk:<\/strong> 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polk State College\nWinter Haven campus, cars will enter at Lake Elbert Drive NE and exit at 10th\nStreet NE, Winter Haven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Polk: 1:00\np.m. to 2:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church at the Mall,\n1010 East Memorial Blvd., Lakeland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polk Sheriff’s\nCharities, Inc. was officially formed in December of 2006 and is a 501 (c) (3)\nnot-for-profit charitable organization. Although the idea for the charity had\nbeen discussed for some time, it was formed as a result of the tragic murder of\nDeputy Matt Williams and K-9 DiOGi after a routine traffic stop. The\ncommunity’s outpouring of emotional and monetary support after that tragic\nevent ultimately demonstrated how a charity like PSCI would be supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, the charity\nhas provided monetary support to Polk County Sheriff’s Office members who are\nfacing significant unexpected negative events in their lives, scholarships for\nlaw enforcement family members and other deserving Polk County students, and\nthe Polk County Sheriff’s Office law enforcement memorial. The charity also\nsupports needs that the law enforcement community has identified, such as\npurchasing Christmas gifts for children in Polk County’s most economically\nchallenged neighborhoods, supporting organizations dedicated to assisting\nvictims of crime and domestic violence, supporting local charities who\npositively impact crime and quality of life issues in communities the Sheriff’s\nOffice serves, and supporting the agency’s K-9 unit for replacement of their\nbeloved K-9 partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polk Sheriff’s\nCharities, Inc. presents two annual fundraisers that help support its\ncharitable work: the Annual “Bustin’ Clays With Sheriff Grady Judd”\nevent at Tenoroc Sporting Clays in Lakeland and the Annual “Jeepin’ With\nJudd” event at Clear Springs Ranch near Bartow. Those wishing to support either\nor both events, or to make a contribution to Polk Sheriff’s Charities are\nencouraged to visit our website<\/a>, or\ncall 863-298-6604, or write to Polk Sheriff’s Charities, ATTN: Deb VanConant,\n1891 Jim Keene Blvd, Winter Haven, FL 33880.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Polk Sheriff’s Charities, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit charitable organization, is sponsoring a free turkey giveaway Saturday, November 23rd, at three Polk County locations (see below). With Thanksgiving right around the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-sheriffs-corner"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}