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Tracy Lawrence’s Mission: Possible Turkey Fry Is In Desperate Need Of Help After Losing 650 Turkeys Due To Truck Issue
A Thanksgiving emergency.
Every year on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, the Nashville Fairgrounds is buzzing with volunteers frying up turkeys to help those in need.
Tracy Lawrence is now in his 20th year of hosting his annual Mission:Possible Turkey Fry. Last year, over 1,600 turkeys were fried up to help those in need, and this year organizers had planned on going even bigger, frying 2,050 turkeys and donating another 1,550 frozen turkeys to families in need in the Middle Tennessee area.
But now they’re asking for help after an unexpected emergency has them in danger of being unable to reach their goal.
According to organizers, a refrigerator truck went out and ruined 650 turkeys overnight, which would leave a lot of people hungry on Thanksgiving. So they’re asking for help from the Nashville community.
The organization put out a call this morning asking for volunteers to donate either frozen or thawed turkeys, or even whole chickens, to help make up for the turkeys that they lost.
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According to Lindsay Ray, this is a first in the 20 year history of the event, which aims to feed over 36,000 people in Middle Tennessee through the Nashville Rescue Mission, surrounding county school systems and boots on the ground community organizations who provide for those in need.
If you happen to be in Nashville and can donate a turkey, they can be dropped off at any point today at the fairgrounds behind the Nashville Expo Center, with volunteers on site with blue bins to collect the donations.
Last year was my first year getting to see the Turkey Fry for myself, and it’s really an incredible operation that Tracy and his team have put together to help out the community during the holidays. Speaking with Tracy, you can hear his passion for the project and how much he wants to keep growing to help others in need.
Ahead of the Turkey Fry, he had spoken about his excitement for being able to feed even more people this year:
“I cannot believe we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the turkey fry. This event started with a few of my buddies in a church parking lot and only cooking 200 birds. Now our footprint has grown, and we’re cooking 2,000+ turkeys and feeding so many throughout Middle Tennessee. Big things!”
You really hate to see something like this happen for such a good cause, but hopefully Nashville can step up and help them give a good Thanksgiving meal to those in need.
Along with the Turkey Fry, tonight is also the annual Mission:Possible benefit concert, which will take place at Luke Combs’ Category 10 bar in downtown Nashville. This year’s show will feature performances from Tracy, along with Gretchen Wilson, Eric Paslay, Chris Cagle and Halfway to Hazard.
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