Queens Borough President Joined by NYPD & FDNY to Unload Turkeys

Stop & Shop donated 2,000 turkeys to the Food Bank for New York City to help battle hunger in Queens. Assisting Queens Borough President Melinda Katz unload the turkeys were members of the NYPD Hurricane Recovery Team who provided emergency relief efforts from NY in the aftermath of recent hurricane disasters and members of the FDNY.

Stop & Shop’s Turkey Express program will deliver nearly 21,000 turkeys to hunger relief organizations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island this holiday season.

• 83.33 percent of responding Queens agencies reported that if they received more food, they would have enough capacity to increase the amount of food they distribute

• 70.37 percent of responding food agencies in Queens reported an increase in numbers of people served over the past year

• One in five New York City children, an estimated 429,000, suffered from food insecurity 2013–2015

• Food Bank for New York City’s food distribution program provides approximately 62 million free meals per year for New Yorkers in need.

• Food Bank for New York City’s food distribution program provides approximately 62 million free meals per year for New Yorkers in need.

Stop & Shop donates over $12 million in product and financial support to individual food banks. In addition to the Turkey Express program, Stop & Shop continues to fight hunger through the Food for Friends campaign, which will raise more than $1 million this year for more than 300 local hunger relief organizations.