The Salvation Army says whatever they don't receive through donations, they will buy the rest of the turkeys to make sure no family goes without-

With Thanksgiving just a week away, many local charities are working on gathering donations.

But today at the Atlantis, the Salvation Army is already planning for Christmas with Operation Turkey Drop.

Many cars stopped by today to give out turkeys.

Les Schwab came and dropped off 40 of them.

The Salvation Army is aiming to get 1,000 turkeys to feed 1,000 families.

"That's the way the world should be," said Major Randy Hartt, Washoe County Coordinator for the Salvation Army. "There's a lot of negative in this world and it is great to see some positive stuff in the community of people really looking out for each other." 

Starting at eight in the morning, the Salvation Army and Washoe County Search and Rescue were receiving turkeys for their Christmas baskets.

The Turkey Drop is paired with their Angel Tree program, where people can pick up trees at the mall or other retail stores to donate toys to kids.

The Turkey Drop helps provide those families with Christmas dinner.

Sign-ups to join the program ended last week.

Each family will be given a time to pick up the toys and food baskets on December 20. 

While the nonprofit is hoping to raise one 1,000 turkeys through donations, if it falls short, they will make sure no family goes without.

"So, whatever we lack as far as donations once we get to a certain time," Major Hartt said. "Then we go out and purchase the rest to make sure everybody gets what they need."

The Salvation Army says it's great how the community looks out for one another.

"We often see folks who come through who themselves are struggling or folks that I've recognized who have driven through this morning who gave us a turkey, who I recognize that they come for assistance," Major Hartt said.

The Washoe County Search and Rescue team says they usually see people on one of their worst days.

So, doing things like this feels like a nice change of pace.

"Honestly the smiles on everybody that is giving a turkey and the smiles that they see from us," said Aaron Deutsch, Washoe County Search and Rescue. "Knowing that at the end of the day that somebody else who's not smiling right now, is going to be smiling when they have a turkey dinner."

People who donated today said it felt good to give back.

"It would feel really good to know that I helped somebody that wasn't able to get this," said Denise High, who dropped off turkeys today.

The Salvation Army starts their kettle bells tomorrow at some Raleys in Washoe County.

If you didn't get the chance to drop off a turkey today, the Salvation Army will still be collecting them at their Sutro St. location from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.