Thanksgiving turkeys land in University Village, thanks to UCPD
Forty-five families received turkeys, vegetables and $40 gift certificates in the fifth annual C.U.B.S. Thanksgiving Turkey Drive, put on by UCPD, University Village management and Cal Dining.
At University Village, a student family opens the door to officers delivering a turkey, a box of vegetables and a gift card. (UC Berkeley photo by Emily Strange)
November 19, 2018
For the fifth November in a row, team of UC Berkeley police officers, Cal Dining staffers, housing managers and campus administrators delivered Thanksgiving turkeys and the trimmings to student families living in University Village.
Braving very unhealthy air on Friday, the C.U.B.S. (Community United By Service) team served 45 families. Each received a frozen turkey and a box of produce (provided by Cal Dining), and a $40 grocery store gift card (provided by the UCPD Police Officers union, the University Village management and the UCPD).
At University Village, a student family opens the door to officers delivering a turkey, a box of vegetables and a gift card. (UC Berkeley photo by Emily Strange)
Cal Dining's Sunil Chacko gets the boxes ready to load on the trucks. (UC Berkeley photo by Emily Strange)
Mindy Mellini, UCPD's CSS HR partner, and Terri Castaneda from the UCPD Business Services Unit, loads boxes of turkeys and vegetables. (UC Berkeley photo by Emily Strange)
And so do Wendy Ellison from University Village management and manager Amber Sanchez from the UCPD Business Services Unit. (UC Berkeley photo by Emily Strange)
Diana Harvey, associate vice chancellor for communications and public affairs, lends some muscle to the turkey delivery team. (UC Berkeley photo by Emily Strange)
Because of smoky air, turkey delivery team members wear air filtration masks as they make their rounds in a golf cart. (UC Berkeley photo by Emily Strange)
Boxes of Mary's turkey from Pitman's Farms in the Central Valley. (UC Berkeley photo by Emily Strange)
Officer Kevin Vincent, Vice Chancellor Marc Fisher and his chief of staff, Ann Jeffrey, help out. (UC Berkeley photo by Emily Strange)
University Village family accepts a holiday delivery from UCPD. (UC Berkeley photo by Emily Strange)
The C.U.B.S. turkey team (UC Berkeley photo by Emily Strange)
