“We don’t give out Thanksgiving dinner but we give out extra food for the holidays so if they have family come to visit they have more to eat” Julie Nordin said, who is the FOCUS coordinator. But when taken together, the food donated this time of year by students, churchgoers and many others accounts for a significant amount of the food distributed by food banks for months to come.
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When Ditmas Park Corner did this past year, support flooded in from neighbors throughout the area, and the drive was a huge success – which showed when, during Thanksgiving week, the line of people waiting for turkeys stretched down Church Avenue – and no one left without a Thanksgiving meal in hand. It serves food to more than 1 million people every year, with the help of 27,000 volunteers.
St. Mary’s food bank handed out thousands of Thanksgiving dinners to deserving families.
Executive Director Mike Miller said he expects there to be at least 8,000 Anchorage families looking to fill their table with holiday food.
“The biggest need we have is the breakfast and lunch services on weekdays and the breakfast service on weekends”, during the rest of the year, Berkovich says.
Mains said she uses cash donations for staple items such as bread, margarine, potatoes and eggs.
Almost 4,000 households have registered for a free basket – about 800 more than previous year.
“They provided me with a turkey which is great”.
NY: In the spirit of Thanksgiving, an “generous supporter” will match each monetary donation to the non-profit organization Food Bank for NY City, according to the site.
Normally on NorthEATS IN, we report on the variety of restaurants, farms, and other food businesses IN our region. “Because it’s not easy having to ask for help, and so the one thing we always want them to go away with is a good experience”.
“If each family just brought one turkey, the need would be fulfilled”, said Harris.
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She says without the donations of turkeys, her family may not have been able to celebrate the holiday.
