A HUGE thank you to the following people for their contributions to our Thanksgiving Meal!
Everett Howard, Chef & Inventory Manager
Jim Urban, Congregate Meal Coordinator
Michael Costello, Homebound Meal Coordinator
Christine Raglan, Volunteer Coordinator
Rachel Gerstein, Social Work Intern
Tatiana Torres and Irvin Florencia, Xavier Receptionists
Colonial Elementary School, for their beautiful decorations!
And of course the amazing Kitchen Crew and Volunteer Teams that decorated, prepared, cooked, served, delivered and cleaned—their hard work, time and dedication were indispensable. Thank you all so much!
Thanks to all of our donors! Without their generosity, this meal would not have been possible!
Nick Accardi (Homemade Cranberry Sauce)
City Harvest (Turkeys)
Food Bank for New York City (Turkeys)
Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc.—Michael Gargiulo (Fresh fruit and vegetables)
Porto Rico Importing Co.—Peter Longo (Coffee)
St. Francis Food Pantries & Shelters—Joe Sano & Bob Wechtenhiser (Turkeys)
A very special thank you goes out to Joe Petriello & the Student Body of Xavier High School for collecting 7,000+ items of food and to Jennie Tichenor and the NYU Administrative Management Council for collecting 700+ items of food for our Thanksgiving baskets! We distributed 188 complete Thanksgiving baskets to our pantry guests, feeding 496 people!
And to all of our parishioners and community members who participated in the Thanksgiving Meal Fund—we couldn’t have done it without you!
Thank you and God bless!
