Big River Hosts 8th Annual Holiday Turkey Drive

Nov. 23, 2011 - PRLog -- Big River Telephone held its 8th Annual Turkey Drive Live Events at two locations this year.  One at Farmington’s Country Mart on November 12th and two at the Cape Girardeau Schnucks on November 14-15th and 19-20th.  Big River worked with the Salvation Army, Withers Broadcasting and J98 “The Boot” to host these live events to promote the Turkey Drive – which aims to help feed needy families during this holiday season.

With an extra location added this year, the live events generated more donations than ever before in the eight-year history of the Holiday Turkey Drive.  All the generous donations will be used by the Salvation Army to directly provide thousands of meals for families for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.  Employees from Big River Telephone and Big River Broadband teams stood outside at each event to explain and promote the purpose of the Turkey Drive.  Big River is proud to participate in this annual fundraising event, and hopes to continue for years to come.

The Holiday Turkey Drive is still going on, and won’t end until December 21st, 2011.  Donations can still be made at both the Cape Girardeau Schnucks and Farmington Country Mart locations.  For more details, visit our Holiday Turkey Drive page at http://www.bigrivertelephone.com/help.

"Big River is proud to be a part of this effort that makes such a difference in the community.  The entire Big River team has been dedicated to this annual event and will continue to lend their hearts and hard work to the efforts that ensure its success.  The Salvation Army is a tremendous organization and we are happy to work with them to provide for area families during this holiday season,” said Kevin Cantwell, President of Big River Telephone.

Big River Telephone Company (http://www.bigrivertelephone.com) is a full-service telecommunications provider operating across the United States and headquartered in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  Big River Telephone is one of the oldest competitive telephone companies in the United States.  Founded in 1983, as a long distance carrier, Big River Telephone has evolved over the years into one of the premier Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC) in America.  In addition to being a successful CLEC, Big River Telephone is a market leader in delivering wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

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Big River Telephone Company is a full service telecommunications provider serving customers for over 20 years. Big River Telephone has grown to be one of the largest locally owned carriers in the Midwest.