Turkey And Trimmings Donated To Brooklyn Community Groups

On Monday, November 21, the Brooklyn Borough President's Office, Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham and Senior Advisor Carlo Scissura kicked off the holiday season by distributing more than a thousand Thanksgiving turkeys and several tons of trimmings-apples, collard greens, baking potatoes and sweet potatoes- to representatives of nearly a hundred Brooklyn community groups at Borough Hall Plaza. Deputy BP Graham and Senior Advisor Scissura were also joined by Michael Burke, interim president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership; Tom Early, CEO of Health Plus; Larry Hickey, senior VP of business affairs for FreshDirect; Danny Glickberg, executive VP of Fairway Market; and Amanda Quinones, assistant VP and branch manager for Flushing Bank.

Lions and Leo Clubs and other volunteers helped distribute the food that will provide Thanksgiving meals for needy Brooklynites at senior centers, soup kitchens, houses of worship and shelters across the borough.

Generous sponsors and volunteers for this year's event included American Stock Transfer & Trust Company; Amalgamated Bank; Carver Federal Savings Bank; Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (working with the Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn BID, MetroTech BID and Fulton Street BID); Fairway Market; FreshDirect; Flushing Bank; Health Plus; The Lebanese Heritage Day Committee; National Grid; Northfield Bank; Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors; Smalls Electrical Construction; ShopRite; Trader Joe's; and Whole Foods.