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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Holiday Turkeys

HOLIDAY TURKEYS!

You will be receiving your shipment of holiday turkeys at about 8:00 am on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 for your full-time, part-time and per diem employees. These turkeys will arrive on a refrigerated truck and the entire shipment will be unloaded to an interior location of your choice. Do not allow your staff members to take turkeys before they have all been unloaded and signed for. Please alert your staff that the turkeys are coming, as they will need to pick them up on the day of delivery.

The 12-14 lbs. frozen turkeys are individually packaged with gel packs in Styrofoam coolers. The packaged turkey will be safe for at least 48 hours outside of refrigeration. *Thawing instructions listed below.

Each box is stamped with NCD (for Nursing Center Division employees) HD (for Hospital Division employees) or RC (for Rehab employees).  The cards included with each turkey differ per division.

Please pass this email information on to your Rehab Manager so that he or she can alert the staff.


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The logistics of the delivery schedule is determined by the food vendor/trucking company. (They coordinate delivering over 50,000 turkeys to 271 Kindred locations around the country.) Therefore, the delivery schedule cannot be changed. We have tried to give each facility enough notice for delivery date and time to alert your staff to pick them up when they are delivered. We're very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you for all you do and...

Happy Holidays!

Gail Oerther
Creative Services Coordinator
Kindred Healthcare
680 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40202
502.596.6968
502.596-4107-fax

*I've included thawing instructions here. Cooking instructions are printed on the turkey packaging.

How To Thaw A Frozen Turkey
Never thaw a frozen turkey at room temperature. Thawing a turkey in the microwave is not recommended. Use one of the following methods instead:

Refrigerator
This is the best way. Leave the turkey in its original bag, place it in a pan, and put it in the refrigerator. It takes about four hours per pound -- two or three days for an average size turkey.

Cold Water
If you're in a hurry, you can use this method. Leave the turkey in its original bag, put it in the sink, and cover it completely with cold water. Either leave the water running slowly or change it every half-hour. This method takes about 30 minutes per pound, or six-nine hours for an average-size turkey.