ORANGEVALE, CA (MPG) - Roll the drum sticks please! For the second year in a row, 32 community leaders and business owners came together to compete in the OV Grocery Outlet 2nd Annual Turkey Bowl, throwing frozen turkeys down the frozen food aisle in hopes of winning the grand title of “Turkey Bowl Champion 2021! The fun-filled fundraising event was coordinated to provide holiday meals for 500 local families through the Orangevale-Fair Oaks Food bank.

“What better way to help others, than to have fun doing it,” said Chris and Jenifer Daniels, owners of the local Grocery Outlet, “It’s great to see the enthusiasm and generosity of our participants coming together to help others in need.”

This year’s event brought in $6000, which goes directly to the OV-FO Foodbank, who will be providing 500 families in need with meals, up 100 families from last year.

“The demand for food is still up,” said Keith Wright, OV-FO Foodbank Executive Director, “But how wonderful it is to know that our community answers the call whenever there is a need. We simply have the best and most generous community without a doubt.”

Good Day Sacramento came out to highlight the event and Orangevale Live streamed the competition to capture the fun of contestants literally bowling a frozen turkey down the frozen food aisle in hopes of hitting the most 2 liter soda bottle pins. Those who did well advanced up the bracket. 

This year's championship round came down to an intense final between Jim Moore and Kyle Bedford of Moore’s Garage Gravy Train versus Brad Squires and Matt Brunner of Orangevale Fruit Co. team “Do Turkeys Grow on Trees”.  In the end, Brad and Matt took home the title, a gold medal and a frozen turkey from Grocery Outlet! Joe and Cynthia Ellering, aka DQ Blizzards, had a respectable showing in their first turkey bowl competition taking home 3rd place. The defending champs Casa Roble King Pins came out strong, but finished 4th in the end. 

A big shout out to our wonderful breakfast sponsors Badfish Coffee & Tea, Chick-fil-A Granite Bay and Taco Bell for providing treats for the festivities, and to all the competitors who so generously supported the cause including: Palmer Real Estate “Poultry Pummelers”, Lyons Real Estate “The Frozen Chosen”, Palm Tree Brewing Co. “Strutting our Stuffing”, Scotty’s Hideaway “Turkey Baggers, Les Schwab, “Team Les Squab”, OV Water Co. “Cheese Ballers”, OV Parks “Team Tryptophan”, Moore’s Garage “Gravy Train”, Fix Auto & True Blue Auto Care “Trash Talkin’ Turkey Tossers”, OV/FO Kiwanis Club “Where all thighs are welcome”, Casa Roble High School “King Pins”, OV Fruit Co. “Do Turkeys Grow on Trees?”, Lyons Real Estate Leg or Breast, DQ Blizzard, and LPL Financial/Rose Sr. Placement Team ‘Turkey Jerkies” and New Life Community Church team “Holy Rollers”.

Special thanks to all our raffle sponsors: Les Schwab, La Placita, Carol Kellogg, Coldwell Banker, Touchstone Jewelry, the Duncan family, Orangevale Women's Club, Palmer Real Estate, Palm Tree Brewing Co, Moore’s Garage, Luxury Nails & Spa, Raley’s, Chick-fil-A Granite Bay, Luz Johnson, LPL Financial, Salon J & J, Rebel Rhythm, Erasing Pain, Texas Roadhouse, Starbucks, O’Reilly Auto Parts and Grocery Outlet! Also, our other generous donors including Supervisor Sue Frost, Easy Stumps, State Farm and a host of other donations from generous donors throughout the community!

Our thanks and appreciation to all! Wishing everyone a very happy Thanksgiving!