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Yang's, Rotary team to feed 200 families Thanksgiving dinner


Published: November 25, 2009

Members and staff of Yang's Fitness Center and Martial Arts have raised over $1,800 to benefit needy families of local organizations at Thanksgiving.

Since 1999, Yang's has teamed up with the Rotary Club of Andover to provide more than 1,900 turkey dinners to families of the Andover Housing Authority, Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Bread and Roses and the Lazarus House Ministries.

"Our goal was to feed over 200 families this year, and we are very pleased to have met and exceeded our goal," Diana Kiesel, co-owner and program director at Yang's, said in a release. "Our fundraising efforts, along with the generosity of the Andover community, donated non-perishable food items collected in bins that were placed in local businesses by The Rotary Club. This will allow over 200 needy families to enjoy a healthy, bountiful Thanksgiving meal."

Those who missed this year's Thanksgiving fundraiser, also known as the Turkey Brigade, are invited to contact Kiesel at www.YangsFitnessCenter.com for information about how they can participate next year.

For more information about the Rotary Club of Andover, visit www.RotaryAndover.org

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Diana Kiesel, left, co-owner of Yang's Fitness Center; Bridget Shaheen, executive director of Lazarus House Ministries; and Bill Buck, president of the Rotary Club of Andover display the check that will go toward feeding needy families on Thanksgiving.

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Nancy Greeley, of Andover, a member of the Andover Rotary Club, help organized food they've collected to take to local charities.

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Jim Greeley, left, and Marie Stultz, both members of the Andover Rotary Club help organized food last Saturday, Nov. 21.