Food bank director Samantha Kirstein says Walmart surprised her organization last week with a donation of 1,089 frozen turkeys. The birds average 18 pounds apiece, which adds up to nearly 10 tons of poultry.
Kirstein says the gift is welcome because months that follow major holidays can be slow for donations.
Walmart manager Tim Ericson tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/ApJv4E) that the store's warehouse had become overstocked.
He says Walmart could have shipped the turkeys back but that it made more sense to donate them.
Kirstein says the turkeys will be added to food boxes for large families and used for Meals on Wheels deliveries.
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