An estimated 500 frozen turkeys — intended to feed those in need as part of a Thanksgiving giveaway — were swiped in California.
The turkeys, all of which had been donated to local nonprofit U.R. Important, were stolen Sunday from a box truck, which authorities have been unable to locate as of Tuesday, NBC News reports.
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Security footage is being reviewed as part of the investigation and efforts to find the vehicle and its contents, CBS News said.
The organization still aims to feed 200 people for the holiday, according to founder Alexxa Oliver, who told CBS she, with the help of her kids, will be going from store to store to buy turkeys to try to replace “what we can afford.”
Oliver announced the theft in a video on the foundation’s Facebook page Sunday, during which

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