Seasonal & Holidays

Essex County Police Hold Another Successful Thanksgiving Food Drive

The Essex County Sheriff's Office's holiday food drive has been taking place for more than 30 years.

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Employees with the Essex County Sheriff’s Office delivered hundreds of turkeys and holiday meals with all the trimmings to schools, churches, pantries, domestic violence victims’ shelters and homeless shelters located throughout the county on Tuesday.
Employees with the Essex County Sheriff’s Office delivered hundreds of turkeys and holiday meals with all the trimmings to schools, churches, pantries, domestic violence victims’ shelters and homeless shelters located throughout the county on Tuesday. (Essex County Sheriff’s Office)

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A long-running Thanksgiving food drive in Essex County turned out hundreds of turkeys and holiday meals for the community again this year.

Employees with the Essex County Sheriff’s Office delivered hundreds of turkeys and holiday meals with all the trimmings to schools, churches, pantries, domestic violence victims’ shelters and homeless shelters located throughout the county on Tuesday.

The annual drive has been taking place for more than 30 years, according to a statement from Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura.

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In addition to providing Thanksgiving meals, officers also stocked the shelves of three food pantries in Newark: St. John’s Soup Kitchen, Sisters of Charity and the New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry.

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