The UCPD turkey giveaway is an annual Thanksgiving tradition. (UC Berkeley photo by Sofia Liashcheva)
November 19, 2021
The UCPD turkey giveaway is an annual Thanksgiving tradition. (UC Berkeley photo by Sofia Liashcheva)
UCPD gave away dozens of frozen turkeys, which were provided by Cal Dining. (UC Berkeley photo by Sofia Liashcheva)
The team loaded the frozen turkeys at the main Cal Dining facility. (UC Berkeley photo by Sofia Liashcheva)
A group of UCPD staff stand outside at University Village, where many student-parents live. (UC Berkeley photo by Sofia Liashcheva)
(UC Berkeley photo by Sofia Liashcheva)
(UC Berkeley photo by Sofia Liashcheva)
Student Community Service Officers helped load and distribute the frozen turkeys. (UC Berkeley photo by Sofia Liashcheva)
(UC Berkeley photo by Sofia Liashcheva)
On a chilly November Thursday this week, a team of two dozen UCPD police officers, student safety officers and other UC Berkeley staff gave away 75 frozen turkeys to UC Berkeley student-parents.
The event is an annual tradition from the police department, which gives away the turkeys at University Village in Albany, where many student-parents live in apartment-type housing with their families. Each turkey box came with a side of vegetables and a gift card.
The turkeys were supplied by Cal Dining and loaded onto police trucks and vans by crews of full-time staff and student workers.