Phil
Mitchell joins Senior High head cook Dot Turner and food service workers Laura
Lester and Vickie Fenley as they prepare to store turkeys in the kitchen
freezer. The
Mansfield Fire Department and Mansfield Firefighters IAFF Local 266 will make
Thanksgiving much brighter for 50 local families.
Phil
Mitchell, coordinator of Mansfield City Schools’ S.A.F.E. program (Student
Achievement through Family Engagement), said the department donated 40 turkeys
and the union 10 more.
Mitchell
directs assistance to MCS families classified as homeless. Many are living with
relatives or friends.
“The turkeys
will be distributed to families in transition at Mansfield Senior High on
Monday and Tuesday,” Mitchell said.
Turkeys were
donated to the city fire and police departments by a local business.