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Greenburgh Police Officers and Elmsford Firefighters Unloaded 800 Turkeys Donated to Food Bank for Westchester by Stop & Shop

Greenburgh Police Officers and Elmsford Firefighters unloaded 800 turkeys donated to Food Bank for Westchester by Stop & Shop: Members of the Greenburgh Police Department and Firefighters from the Elmsford Fire Department unloaded 800 turkeys that Stop & Shop donated to the Food Bank for Westchester. The heroic first responders say they hope their efforts will lead others to help the Food Bank for Westchester meet the needs of the hungry in this difficult economic period.

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.

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 through the states that it operates in.

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The Food Bank for Westchester serves over 220 local hunger-relief programs throughout Westchester, including food pantries, soup kitchens, child and adult day-care centers, and shelters. The Food Bank provides 95% of all the food given to hungry families, children and seniors as cooked meals or groceries to take home.

Advocates for the food challenged in Westchester say the situation become more challenging at the start of this month when the Federal Government cut the assistance it provided to those in need, The monthly maximum benefit under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps was cut by $11 a month to $189 for a single person, and $36 a month, to $632 for four-person families.

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