(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Thousands of dollars in food and gift certificates that have been donated by Buffalo Teachers Federation (BTF) Members will be distributed today (Tuesday, November 24th) to more than 200 needy families throughout the Buffalo area through several charitable and non-profit groups in an effort to “make sure those families enjoy a ‘meal of thanks’ on Thanksgiving Day,” BTF President Phil Rumore announced.

“As we do each year, this ‘bounty of food’ was donated by Buffalo Teachers and students who ‘want to do their part to make sure’ families, ‘who might otherwise go without,’ will ‘enjoy’ their Thanksgiving Day meal,” Rumore said. 

“This is our twenty-fourth annual Thanksgiving food drive where canned and packaged goods and monetary donations were made by Buffalo Teachers.  Over (3,500) families have ‘benefited’ from the BTF Thanksgiving Food Drive (over the years).  This is a ‘wonderful way for all of us to give thanks for what we have.’  After all, isn’t that what Thanksgiving is all about?,” he said.

The BTF Thanksgiving Day meal donations will be distributed to families through the following local charitable and non-profit groups: The City Mission; The Gloria Parks Community Center; Native American Community Services; and the Fulgham Family Foundation.