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The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) will join Senator Isadore Hall, III and Progress California’s 12th annual Turkey Giveaway and Health Fair at the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy in Compton, 901 E. Artesia Blvd. in Compton, tomorrow, November 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. LADF will join community leaders including Hall, III – 35th SD, Compton Mayor Aja Brown, Councilmember Isaac Galvan, Councilmember Emma Sharif, Councilmember Janna Zurita and Councilmember Tana McCoy, in donating 10,000 free holiday turkeys to underserved families in Compton and surrounding communities. The turkeys will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis at MLB Urban Youth Academy.

Last year members of the LADF and Dodgers alumni handed out 11,000 Thanksgiving turkeys at the annual Turkey Giveaway and Health Fair. (Photo courtesy of LA Dodgers)

Representatives will provide thousands of free blood pressure and diabetes tests and share information on insurance enrollment. Participants will also receive information on healthy eating during the holidays to raise awareness of obesity. Covered California will provide information and help residents sign up for free or low-cost health insurance under the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA). LADF staff and Dodger Alumni will support the turkey giveaway and health fair.

Dodger alumni Al Ferrara and Dennis Powell will be participating in the meal distribution and signing autographs. The event will include family-friendly activities including the Dodger pitching inflatable, Dodger giveaways and photos with the Dodger character. LADF partner Read Conmigo will be on hand to give away bilingual books to all children and Vision To Learn will be conducting free eye exams to all children.

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Additional turkey giveaway at Dodger Stadium for pre-selected families

The Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF), in partnership with Ralphs/Food 4 Less, will host the 12th annual Community Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway at Dodger Stadium tomorrow, November 22 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Dodger Alumni League members Ron Cey and Eric Karros and Dodger broadcaster Charley Steiner will be on hand to help distribute a complimentary turkey, fixings and reusable canvas bags to 1,200 pre-selected families and not-for-profit community organizations who will in turn distribute them to Los Angeles-area families in need.

“As we approach the holidays, most of us start dreaming of huddling around fires and feasts, even in sunny southern California,” said Naomi Rodriguez, Dodger vice president of external affairs and community relations. “But there are so many families in the Los Angeles area who cannot afford to give their families this holiday dream. The Dodgers look forward to giving turkey dinners to families every Thanksgiving. It’s one of the many ways we say thank you to our city.”

The Dodgers have partnered with the offices of Mayor Eric Garcetti, Senator Kevin de León, Councilmember Gil Cedillo, Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, Assembly member Jimmy Gomez and Congressman Xavier Becerra for the turkey giveaway. Each office selected organizations in its respective district to benefit. Turkeys and fixings are also being provided to pre-selected students in the Dodgers’ “Community of Schools,” a strategic community partnership to improve the education and wellness of children attending local schools (all Title I) and living in communities surrounding Dodger Stadium. Families from LADF’s youth baseball and softball program Dodgers RBI (Reviving Baseball In Inner Cities) were also pre-selected to receive turkeys and fixings.

Volunteers from the Dodgers, local neighborhood organizations and Ralphs/Food 4 Less will be on hand to distribute Thanksgiving goods at Dodger Stadium in lot P, located inside the Sunset Gate at the Top of the Park, starting at 2:00 p.m. Levy Restaurants will provide all turkey dinner recipients with complimentary Dodger dogs.

(Articles courtesy of Dodgers PR Department)