{"id":1038285,"date":"2021-11-20T23:13:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T04:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1038285"},"modified":"2021-11-20T23:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T04:13:33","slug":"watch-officers-on-turkey-patrol-deliver-thanksgiving-meals-to-people-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-officers-on-turkey-patrol-deliver-thanksgiving-meals-to-people-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Officers on &#039;Turkey Patrol&#039; Deliver Thanksgiving Meals to People in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-officers-on-turkey-patrol-deliver-thanksgiving-meals-to-people-in-need%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1038285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thanksgiving-turkey-dinner-table-ap.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Police officers in Denver, Colorado, and the Denver Police Foundation went on a unique kind of patrol recently.<\/p>\n<p>The outing was a \u201cturkey patrol,\u201d not searching for turkeys but giving them to needy families who might have gone hungry over Thanksgiving, KDVR <a href=\"https:\/\/kdvr.com\/news\/local\/denver-police-on-turkey-patrol-deliver-thanksgiving-meals-to-those-in-need\/\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Hundreds of delicious Thanksgiving meals, 1,000 exactly, were packaged by helpers with the DPD, AT&amp;T, Walmart, and We Don\u2019t Waste, ready for delivery to local families.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VOv3SFsKEUA\">showed<\/a> a mass of helpers bagging the holiday meals and placing them in long rows on the floor of a hallway:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Denver police on &#039;turkey patrol&#039; deliver Thanksgiving meals to those in need\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VOv3SFsKEUA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cReally it\u2019s our officers, they interact with the communities seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We get to see this need firsthand,\u201d Denver Police Department Chief Paul Pazen explained.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbor Keeyonna Dashiell has six children to care for, including 5-year-old Drayah, and the donation will make a huge difference for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cost for 1,000 Thanksgiving dinners? About $40,000, all donated. Add in the hundreds of hours of volunteer time, bake for approximately three hours and you have got one happy family,\u201d the KDVR report said.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post on Friday, We Don\u2019t Waste <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WeDontWasteDenver\/posts\/262364085935336\">acknowledged<\/a> the officers\u2019 hard work in helping to provide food to so many neighbors in need of assistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe put the <span class=\"nc684nl6\">Denver Police Department<\/span> to work helping us provide thousands of Thanksgiving meal kits to the community!\u201d the post read:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WeDontWasteDenver\/posts\/262364085935336\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"26.076704545455\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064852381634\/posts\/262364085935336\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"7.7840909090909\">\n<p>We put the Denver Police Department to work helping us provide thousands of Thanksgiving meal kits to the community! \ud83c\udf41<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WeDontWasteDenver\">We Don&#8217;t Waste<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064852381634\/posts\/262364085935336\/\">Friday, November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Additional video footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c11SmqtJhPE\">showed<\/a> the officers going to residents\u2019 homes and surprising them with the food:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Denver Police Deliver Thanksgiving Meal Kits To Those In Need\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c11SmqtJhPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt helps out a lot. Donations, you know, it wouldn\u2019t be possible without people caring, you know, so it does go a long way,\u201d recipient Nichole Forte told CBS Denver.<\/p>\n<p>According to its website, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denvergov.org\/Government\/Agencies-Departments-Offices\/Police-Department\">focus<\/a> of the Denver Police Department is to prevent crime and treat residents with dignity and respect each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police officers in Denver, Colorado, and the Denver Police Foundation went on a unique kind of patrol recently. 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