Amanda Fleming, college business services specialist at Butler County Community College and a member of BC3's food security team, places turkeys into a freezer in the college's hospitality management program kitchen. BC3's food security team is distributing 45 turkeys and other food for a Thanksgiving meal to BC3 community members who registered to receive the holiday fare.

“We were helping out a young person last week,” Jennifer Taylor said, “and she didn't know anything about the turkey dinners.”

The student at Butler County Community College, a 22-year-old separated mother of boys ages 3 and 1, was gathering cereal, apple juice and canned vegetables and beans from BC3's Pioneer Pantry.

“I told her, 'I am going to send you an email,'” Taylor said. '“I want you to sign up to get a free turkey dinner.'

“And it was like we had given her gold.”

This November is the third in which BC3's Pioneer Pantry has distributed food for a Thanksgiving meal to BC3 community members.

Taylor is a BC3 business instructor and coordinator of the college's hospitality management program. She and other members of BC3's food security team are distributing 45 turkeys and other food for a Thanksgiving meal to those who registered to receive the holiday fare.

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