SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

The Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services partnered again with KCRA 3 to hold this year’s Turkey Drive at Cal Expo to help families in need.

Other event partners for the 18th annual event are Atlas Disposal, Save Mart and Wells Fargo.

This year, a record number of 18,321 turkeys were donated at Cal Expo before the collection ended at 7 p.m.

If you missed it, you can also donate a turkey online for $20 here .

Last year, 18,002 turkeys were donated.

The new record comes with a big boost from Save Mart, which donated 1,000 turkeys to help feed Sacramento-area families in need this holiday season.

On Friday morning, one of the big donations came from Friends of Folsom. The volunteer group has participated for 16 years. They started with 50 turkeys and will have

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