Posted on 11/27/2024 1:02:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
With Thanksgiving approaching, Esther Sanderlin from Skwentna, Alaska, is air-dropping turkeys to her neighbors and others living in isolated areas.
This year marks the third time Sanderlin has undertaken this mission, ensuring that those off the grid can enjoy a festive meal.
"During the freeze-up, you can't really get around, so you can't travel out there, but you can fly," Sanderlin told KTUU.
The idea came to her after a visit with a new neighbor who mentioned splitting a squirrel between three people for dinner.
"I just had a thought at that moment, you know what, I'm gonna I'm gonna drop them a turkey for Thanksgiving, 'cause I recently rebuilt my first airplane with my dad, and so I can do that really easily," Sanderlin said.
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She hopes to expand her efforts into a nonprofit organization to reach more rural families in Alaska.
"My vision with this is to reach farther parts of Alaska, 'cause there are so many families that are rural, that live off the grid," she
This year, she plans to drop about 30 to 40 turkeys.
When asked if the frozen turkeys get bruised during the drop, Sanderlin reassured, "They're all frozen. They literally just bounce off the ground. Or if it's on the ice, they bounce off the ice, or if we're low, they'll just roll like a bowling ball."
Her mission is to ensure that no one is forgotten during the holiday season, even those living outside of the road system.
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In college they called him the Little Bulldog.
Nice of her, but do they really end up undamaged?
It was one of those shows where both the writing and the acting worked well together.
He led the shrinkage team?
:)
I’m not sure how much ‘damage’ falling from a plane would cause a frozen turkey, when in order to eat it they’re going to cook it for hours in a hot oven anyway.
These are people who were considering eating things like squirrel, after all...
Could you imagine getting hit with a frozen turkey? I hope their aim is small ;-)
It would be like a bowling ball.
When did the eskimos start doing the Thanksgiving gig? She should have be dropping Muktuk on them.
They’ll be throwing them back at the plane like footballs and hollering, DROP MUKTUK!!!
Exactly!
Only about 15 per cent of the population of Alaska is ‘Eskimo’.
Wild turkeys, not domesticated turkeys, I assume?
Squirrel cooked right can be quite good!
That’s what my husband says. But I can’t eat anything that cute and fluffy...
Do tell. WKRP was one of my favorite shows.
Hoodlum Rock, one of the best WKRP episodes ever, had me rolling.
As God is my witness . . .
There’s nothing dirtier than a giant ball of oil..
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