By Karel C. Ancona UPDATE: For those wanting to make monetary donations please may checks payable to Food for Thought, which provides food for local children. The mailing address (also physical address) is 3246 North Carson Street, Suite 118, Carson City, 89706 or go online here at Food For Thought to donate in his name if this option works best for you. *** With the passing of Chef Charlie Abowd, Saturday, the food drive he and Steve Funk, KNVC 95.1 FM Radio's general manager, kicked off Nov. 9, has been renamed the KNVC and Chef Charlie Abowd Memorial Turkey Drop Food Drive. The event will take place annually. "Charlie left us with work to do with the intention that he had to show his love through food," said Funk. "Charlie came to me and said, 'I really want to do something to help the food insecure, will you help me,' and as a community radio station, this is right in the heart of our mission to take care of our own." The drive began Nov. 8 and continues through Nov. 26. Donations can be dropped any time at KNVC, 990 N. Minnesota St. If you are adding a turkey or chicken, donate 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., today through 14, Nov. 20 through Nov. 22 and Nov. 25 and Nov 26, only. Please leave non-perishables in the box and birds in the cooler. Instant and fresh potatoes, canned green beans, corn and fruit, dried onions, cream of mushroom soup, cranberry sauce, chicken broth, stuffing and gravy mix are needed. "Charlie had a deep commitment to service and believed it was up to us to serve those who couldn't serve themselves," said Charlie's sister, Colette Burau. "He spent his life giving until it hurt and often to his own disadvantage, but he told me that was how it should be, that it was easy to give when you didn't feel it. "I can't think of a better way to honor him than by making this an annual memorial event."