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Contact:  Chase Smith 407.246.2106

Commissioner Patty Sheehan and Local Businesses to Give Thanksgiving Turkeys to 180 Families in Reeves Terrace

ORLANDO, FL (November 23, 2009) – Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, partnering with Baker Barrios Architects, GAI Consultants, Inc. and Urban Life Management Restaurants, will be giving away Thanksgiving turkeys to over 180 families living in the Reeves Terrace public housing community. The frozen turkeys will be distributed on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, from 4:30pm until 6:30pm at the Reeves Terrace Neighborhood Recreation Center at 150 McJordan Avenue. Commissioner Sheehan has partnered with her corporate sponsors for the past several years to give 10-12 pound turkeys to each family living in Reeves Terrace.

Baker Barrios Architects, GAI Consultants, Inc. and Urban Life Management Restaurants and their principles have been constant supporters of Commissioner Sheehan’s efforts to help her constituents living in public housing. Through their financial support, they are also responsible for ensuring the children living in Reeves Terrace receive a brand new bicycle for Christmas as part of Commissioner Sheehan’s annual Wheels for Kids event in December.

“November 26th is a day to give thanks and to help those who are in need,” Commissioner Sheehan said. “All of the sponsors and I can’t think of a better way to say thanks to our community for all it has given us than to help make sure those who truly need our help can enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner with their loved ones.”

Representatives of the sponsoring corporate partners will join Commissioner Sheehan as they deliver the gobblers to the families in front of the Reeves Terrace Recreation Center. Recipes will also be provided to the families with suggestions on how to turn the frozen fowl into a mouth-watering Thanksgiving Day main course.

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