Students unload hundreds of turkeys for Westchester families in need
Students from The Leffell School, a Jewish day school, and Maria Regina High School, a Catholic all-girls school, helped unload more than 300 turkeys donated by Stop & Shop to Feeding Westchester.
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Students from two Hartsdale faith-based schools are joining forces to help put Thanksgiving meals on the tables of Westchester families facing food insecurity.
Students from The Leffell School, a Jewish day school, and Maria Regina High School, a Catholic all-girls school, helped unload more than 300 turkeys donated by Stop & Shop to Feeding Westchester.
The donation is part of Stop & Shop's Turkey Express program. Feeding Westchester says the supermarket chain is donating a total of 750 turkeys and $12,000 to support its work in the county.
“Thanksgiving is about gathering around the table and Stop & Shop’s Turkey Express makes that possible for hundreds of Westchester families every year,” Feeding Westchester President and CEO Kristine Borok said.
The organization says the need remains significant. Feeding Westchester reports 41% of county households are at risk of hunger and about 65,000 people rely on SNAP benefits each month.
Over the past year, Feeding Westchester and its network of 175 community partners distributed 21.3 million pounds of food, equivalent to about 17.7 million meals. That included 8 million pounds of fresh produce.
The organization says its network recorded an average of 222,000 visits from Westchester residents, including 71,000 child visits and 42,000 senior visits.
Stop & Shop says its Turkey Express program will donate more than $650,000 worth of turkeys, gift cards and cash to hunger relief organizations across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island this holiday season.
