Creating Food Security

Hometown Turkey Takeover

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We’re giving away 3,000 free turkeys!

Saturday, November, 16 2024

When: 9:00 am

Where: Mower County Fairgrounds 700 12th Street SW, Austin, MN, 55912

What: 3,000+ turkeys between 18 lbs. and 24 lbs. will be given away at this event on a first come, first served basis.

Volunteers Needed!

We need your help to make the event possible. Would you volunteer for 2-3 hours to help make someone’s Thanksgiving Day? We’ll need loading help, traffic directors and help at the checkin table.

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Volunteer Details

Thanksgiving Turkey Made Easy

Get ready to serve a perfectly cooked turkey! Below are helpful tips and step-by-step guides on thawing, roasting, and carving. Download the PDF in English or Spanish for everything you need to create a delicious holiday meal.

Turkey Prep Instructions

Instrucciones para cocinar pavo

Event Overview

Hormel Foods is partnering with the Hometown Food Security Project and local organizations to organize and deliver a communitywide turkey giveaway event on November 16, 2024 at the Mower County Fairgrounds. This drive through event is open to Austin community members and provides a free, frozen JENNIE-O® whole turkey* just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.

More than 3,000 turkeys will be available on a first come, first served basis. Pre-registration will not be offered. Limit one per household. Additional turkeys will also be donated to food shelves in the following communities: Grand Meadow, Hayfield, LeRoy, Lyle, Owatonna, Racine and Rochester.