The Mason County Eastern Board of Education heard about the special project at its meeting Monday evening. It started when Mason County Family Link provided turkeys and fixings for Thanksgiving and it snowballed from there. âThat donation jump-started it,â said Superintendent Paul Shoup. It began with about 20 turkeys, but the school added more families to the list, which meant more birds. So it became 25, then 30. K-12 Principal Mark Forner said they approached the student council to do something similar for Christmas. âIt was so well received, we decided to do it again. The community and staff support, plus donations from the (Community Foundation of Mason County) meant we had no limit to the number of meals we could provide,â Shoup said. âThe school really wrapped around it.â