{"id":78604,"date":"2021-11-19T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/lights-camera-turkey-club-holds-annual-photo-shoot-fundraiser\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T13:53:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T22:53:43","slug":"lights-camera-turkey-club-holds-annual-photo-shoot-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/lights-camera-turkey-club-holds-annual-photo-shoot-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights, camera, turkey: Club holds annual photo shoot fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

It might be a key that can’t open a door, but a turkey could help open up new possibilities for a high school club.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s IGNITE Club<\/a>, a Future Farmers of America-like organization that’s a feeder club for the career and technical education program<\/a>, held a turkey shoot fundraiser on Saturday. During the event, people were able to shoot photos with a turkey and donate to the club.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Proceeds from the second annual event <\/a>will go toward supporting the club, which hopes to build a barn near a parking structure at the high school, said Caplan Anderson, adviser for the club and a math teacher. Club member Gabe Hansen added that rearing a goose is a club aspiration, too.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"IGNITE<\/a>

IGNITE Club members Eva Storm, Carson Carrle, Gabe Hansen, Ashlynn King and Trevor Daniels pose with Penny the turkey on Saturday. (Ben Hohenstatt \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

“We’re taking donations, but this is more a chance for the kids to show off their turkey,” Anderson said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

He said the outdoor photo shoot idea came about last year as a pandemic-cautious way for the club to show off its work in light of the cancellation of usual club events.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

This year’s turkey, Penny, is an 8-month-old royal palm turkey. Royal palm turkeys are a black-and-white heritage breed that first appeared on a Lake Worth, Florida, farm in the 1920s, according to The Livestock Conservancy.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Penny<\/a>

Penny the royal palm turkey stands on a bale of straw during a turkey shoot fundraising event. During the event, people could get their photos taken with the turkey. (Ben Hohenstatt \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

The royal palm isn’t as commercially viable as other types of turkeys, according to The Livestock Conservancy, but it is used for at-home meat production and pest control.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Club members said Penny is an exceptionally friendly turkey.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“We got her from a friend who was moving,” said club member Ashlynn King. “She was super friendly, and we socialized her a bit more. Now, she’s like the friendliest turkey we’ve ever had.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Elizabeth,<\/a>

Elizabeth, 7, and Corbin, 2, Germain-Toupin sit with Penny the turkey during a turkey photo shoot fundraiser on Saturday. (Ben Hohenstatt \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

However, like last year’s friendly fowl, Tom, Penny’s final companions will be Thanksgiving sides. Brenda, who club members referred to as a “spokesturkey,” and will not be eaten also made an appearance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Math<\/a>

Math teacher and IGNITE Club adviser Caplan Anderson gives a masked smooch to “spokesturkey” Brenda. (Ben Hohenstatt \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

While some children showed a reluctance to get close to the vocal but harmless turkey those who did brave the bird — and a sub-freezing, windy afternoon — had good things to say.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Marie<\/a>

Marie and Molly Heidemann smile as molly pets Penny the turkey on Saturday at the Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé IGNITE Club’s second annual turkey shoot event. The photo shoot raised money to support the club, which hopes to build a small barn at the school. (Ben Hohenstatt \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

“It was fun,” said 8-year-old Molly Heidemann, who also attended last year’s turkey shoot.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Heidemann allowed Penny to sit on her lap while taking photos.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“I think it’s a lot more pretty than last year,” Heidemann said. “I’ve never seen a turkey that’s white and black. I’m not really happy it’s going to be eaten because it’s so pretty.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

• Contact Ben Hohenstatt at (907)308-4895 or bhohenstatt@juneauempire.com. Follow him on Twitter at @BenHohenstatt<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bird’s the word. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":474,"featured_media":78605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[75,223],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-78604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news","tag-local-news","tag-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/474"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78604"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=78604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}