All Faiths Food Bank turkey distributions begin

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A great time to give back ahead of the holidays as All Faiths Food Bank is continuing with another year of their ThankFULL campaign. With Veteran’s Day on Wednesday, Tuesday morning’s distribution had a little special twist for the veterans. Bill Seider, a volunteer and member of the board of directors for All Faiths Food bank, participated in his third year of turkey distributions. He has been in Sarasota all his life but says events like these help fulfill his life now that he is retired. “There’s a veterans pantry that’s held here twice a month just for veterans, but the thanksgiving is perhaps the special day of the year so they send out a lot of email notices ahead of time, and we might have 70-100 people today and possibly as many as 200 come through, and they are all pretty excited to get a turkey and all the fixings, and lots of volunteers helping,” Seider said.Tuesday’s distribution taking place at Veterans Pantry at Church of the Palms with a lot of ve