BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Foam turkeys will take flight over the Wood County Museum's parking lot for an annual fundraiser inspired by a famous fictional publicity stunt.
The Wood County Museum is partnering with Toledo Aerial Media to drop 300 foam turkeys for the Turkey Drop Fundraiser.
Radio personality Clint Thorpe from 88.1 BGSU-FM's The Morning Show will be on hand during the event, which the museum described as being "WKRP style" in reference to the 1978 sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati." In the episode "Turkeys Away," fictional radio station WKRP drops turkeys from the sky in what becomes a disastrous Thanksgiving promotional giveaway.
The Wood County Museum's fundraiser features numbered foam turkeys raised to the sky by drone and dropped over a target. Participants can buy a turkey for $50 each, with cash prizes based on proximity to the targets. There will be two targets and two of each cash prize, with the nearest getting $1,000; second-closest winning $750; and third-closest winning $500. There are also "various other non-cash prizes," according to the museum.
The drop is scheduled for Nov. 15 at 8:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the Wood County Museum in Bowling Green, but participants do not need to be present to win.
Foam turkeys will be sold while supplies last or until 8 a.m. on Nov. 15, and can be purchased online at this link, in-person at the Wood County Museum or on location before the drop.
If you have any questions, you can call the Wood County Museum at 419-352-0967 or email visitus@woodcountyhistory.org.