Westchester Knicks Help Unload Turkeys Donated By Stop & Shop

Members of the Westchester Knicks helped unload 1000 Turkeys that Stop & Shop donated to Feeding Westchester as part of Stop & Shop's annual Turkey Express program which will deliver more than 18,000 turkeys to hunger relief organizations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island this holiday season.

"The work of Feeding Westchester has never been more important and Stop & Shop's commitment to fighting hunger has never been stronger, said Bob Yager, Stop & Shop's Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations. "We know that food insecurity remains a challenge in every community. Stop & Shop is proud to support Feeding Westchester's efforts to deliver hundreds of thousands of meals to our neighbors who need them the most."

The Westchester Knicks players and Stop & Shop volunteers were joined by Stop & Shop's Marty the Robot, which was created by Badger Technologies and is familiar to shoppers across Westchester.

According to Feeding Westchester:

• 1 in 5 people in communities throughout Westchester are hungry.
• Feeding Westchester serves 200,000 neighbors who are hungry – including families, seniors, and 60,000 children
• Feeding Westchester is the county's leading nonprofit hunger relief organization source and distributes good, nutritious food and other resources to every community in Westchester – from Mount Vernon to Mount Kisco.
• Last year, Feeding Westchester delivered 10.1 MILLION pounds of food – that's 8.5 million meals!

Stop & Shop donates over $28 million in product and financial support to fight hunger. In addition to the Turkey Express program, Stop & Shop continues to fight hunger through the Food for Friends campaign, which will raise more than $2 million this year for more than 300 local hunger relief organizations.