Join 12 News, Bashas', Food City, and AJ's Fine Foods in support Turkey Tuesday – the largest one-day turkey drive in the country!
Thank you for your support of the 2024 Turkey Tuesday Drive!
Turkey Tuesday, the largest one-day turkey drive in the nation, was a huge success in 2024!! Thanks to the support of our partners, 12 News, Bashas', Food City and Aj's Fine Foods, as well as our compassionate community members, we broke our all-time donation record with $844,603 in donations (both monetary donation and turkeys donated). Your support allowed us to ensure families in need were able to enjoy a delicious meal together this holiday season! Thank you for making this Turkey Tuesday the biggest one ever!
Volunteer
Volunteers are vital to our daily work to feed, clothe, house and heal people in need, and during the holiday season we need volunteers more than ever.
Whether you're serving meals in one of our Valley dining rooms, helping to prepare and plate up holiday meals, or sorting donations in our food reclamation center to be distributed in food boxes around Arizona, you can make a difference this holiday season.
Join us for a parking lot party!
Turkey Tuesday, Nov. 26, from 4PM - 7PM
There will be local vendors, activities for kids, performances from local bands, and more! It's also your opportunity to drop off a frozen turkey for someone in need this Thanksgiving.
East Valley - Bashas'
99 S Higley Rd.
Gilbert, AZ 85296
West Valley - Bashas'
15367 W Waddell Rd.
Surprise, AZ 853794
Flagstaff - St. Francisco de Asis Catholic Parish
1600 E Route 66
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
The funds and turkeys received on Turkey Tuesday support various programs at St. Vincent de Paul such as our food reclamation center, central kitchen, and community food pantries. Explore the various ways that your donation will support families in need this holiday season.
Food Reclamation Center
This center is the hub for all the donations that come in through more than 500 community drives we host annually. In total, we process millions of pounds of food each year.
After sorting and running quality control, we distribute the goods across SVdP’s mission, including to our 80 conference community food pantries, which receive about 130,000 pounds of food each month. The food, hygiene items, and other goods are then delivered to families in need during home visits.
Kitchen
As one of the largest commercial kitchens in the Southwest, where we prepare 7,000 nutritious meals every day! This central location provides meals to all four St. Vincent de Paul Dining Rooms and over 30 partner social service agencies. We feed families and individuals in need every single day of the year.
Every morning at 3 a.m., one of the most impressive operations at SVdP Phoenix comes alive. While much of the city sleeps, our central kitchen starts chopping, stirring, and cooking up the day’s meals in industrial-sized vats and massive frying pans and ovens.
Community Food Pantries and Vincentians
The SVdP volunteers from the parish, referred to as Vincentians, focus on offering direct, personal support to those in need by making home visits and delivering food boxes to families facing hardship. These compassionate visits allow them to assess needs firsthand and provide essential items, such as groceries, while offering emotional support and guidance. Their goal is to bring hope and assistance directly to people's homes, ensuring they feel cared for and connected to their community.
More than 168,000 food boxes are delivered yearly to families experiencing food insecurity in Central and Northern Arizona.
30 Years of Turkey Tuesday in the Valley
In 1992, 12 News and the Bashas' Family of Stores partnered with St. Vincent de Paul to host the very first Turkey Tuesday drive. Since then, it has grown into the largest one-day turkey drive in the country providing thousands of turkeys and holiday meals to families in need around Arizona each year.
This year, on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, you can join in the Turkey Tuesday tradition and help make the holidays special for those in need.
2024 Exceptional Community Partner Donations
Special thanks to our group of amazing community partners and organizations who donated generously both monetarily and with turkeys. Their support is set to change the lives of our community members in need on this holiday.
Sponsored by Desert Financial Credit Union
Toyota Financial Services
Earth Plant-Based Cuisine
Colados Coffee
The Mint Dispensary
X-Treme Apparel
Thai Chili 2 Go
Testal Mexican Kitchen
Pressure Equipment Sales
Cigna Healthcare
Keller Williams Realtor
Mis Raices Cafe
US Foods
Rafi Law Group
U-Haul
LK Method
Experience Thanksgiving at St.Vincent de Paul
Delivering a Thanksgiving meal that gathers family
SVdP got a turkey and fixings to a family who didn't have it in their budget.
Celebrate the gifts and miracles of Thanksgiving
A Vincentian recalls the miracles she has witnessed during home visits with St. Vincent de Paul.
Ladling out love and dignity
How kitchen staff like Mike make holidays special every year