Turkeys donated by the Pechanga Resort & Casino are enroute to the needy for next week’s Thanksgiving holiday.

On Tuesday, Nov. 13, the casino handed out nearly 500 turkeys and thousands of partially unused toilet paper rolls to the Murrieta and Menifee food pantries and to the Pechanga School so they could distribute them.

The casino’s warehouse team and volunteers packed the turkeys onto trucks.

Every year, Pechanga donates close to 1,000 turkeys for Thanksgiving and the December holidays. The casino distributes about 20,000 partially unused toilet paper rolls, as well as thousands of tissue boxes, used bedding and bathrobes every year to Inland organizations.

For video of Tuesday’s effort, click here.