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Students at Union Ridge School in Harwood Heights got a workout lifting turkeys and boxes of Thanksgiving side dishes on Nov. 22 as they carried the donated items to vehicles and packed them into their trunks.

At Union Ridge School in Harwood Heights, Teacher Stu Brown, from left, and students Max Moldovan, Kenton Gonzales, John Chlopek and Ibrahim Yass load Thanksgiving food donated by Jewel-Osco into vehicles so Union Ridge faculty could deliver them to needy families in Harwood Heights Nov. 22.
At Union Ridge School in Harwood Heights, Teacher Stu Brown, from left, and students Max Moldovan, Kenton Gonzales, John Chlopek and Ibrahim Yass load Thanksgiving food donated by Jewel-Osco into vehicles so Union Ridge faculty could deliver them to needy families in Harwood Heights Nov. 22.

Christine Martin, administrative assistant to the superintendent in Union Ridge District 86, said the turkeys and the boxes of Thanksgiving meals were donated by Jewel-Osco, and that students were packing them into the vehicles of faculty members so they could deliver them to homes of families in the area who were in need of them.

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At Union Ridge School in Harwood Heights, students Perry Zulueta, left, and Elijah Schubert, right, assisted by Harwood Heights Village President Arlene Jezierny, load Thanksgiving food donated by Jewel-Osco into vehicles so Union Ridge faculty could deliver them to needy families in Harwood Heights.
At Union Ridge School in Harwood Heights, students Perry Zulueta, left, and Elijah Schubert, right, assisted by Harwood Heights Village President Arlene Jezierny, load Thanksgiving food donated by Jewel-Osco into vehicles so Union Ridge faculty could deliver them to needy families in Harwood Heights.