From left, Deb Schmidt, Bruce Thurston, Roy Bladen and Tom Campbell are pictured with turkeys donated to the Yorkton Salvation Army Christmas hamper program.

For each home sold during 2010, Deb Schmidt, associate broker with Royal LePage Premier Realty in Yorkton, Sask., donated a turkey to the Salvation Army’s Christmas hamper program.

Tom Campbell of Stamatinos LeLand Campbell LLP and Bruce Thurston of Yorkton Co-operative Association joined forces with Schmidt and matched her donation turkey-for-turkey, for a total of 150 turkeys.

“With the flooding and damage that Yorkton experienced this year, our stocks were depleted,” says Roy Bladen of the Salvation Army. “This was the shot in the arm we needed.” The Salvation Army distributes 200 hampers in the Yorkton area each year at Christmas.