A local radio d.j. says it's been the best year ever for their turkey drive.

Z 107.3's The Kid camped out in the Brewer Hannaford parking lot all week, vowing to stay put until he collected at least 2009 turkeys.

They'll be distributed to folks through Manna ministries and other food pantries.

Kid reached his goal Thursday morning, but decided to continue collecting donations until 6 that night.

He says people have been more generous than ever.

"On the second night where we traditionally have 13-14 tops we had 1900. We've had small donations from people who didn't have much to spare to big donations from clients of ours and the people in the community. It's been amazing."

The final count was 2816 turkeys.

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