Turkey Named 'Sears' Gets Pardoned At Paramus Stew Leonard's

PARAMUS, NJ – Sears got a reprieve Thursday morning at Paramus Park Mall.

A turkey named after the mall’s shuttered department store received a pardon from Paramus Mayor Richard LaBarbiera. Now, he will live out the remainder of his life on a farm sanctuary in upstate Connecticut.

The other turkeys at Stew Leonard’s weren't quite as lucky as Sears.

As part of an annual Thanksgiving effort by the family-owned grocery chain, more than 2,700 turkeys at Stew Leonard’s stores in the tri-state area are being donated to local community organizations to help less than fortunate families have a happy holiday meal.

Local police officers and firefighters, along with members of community groups banded together to form a human assembly line, passing the frozen turkeys one-by-one to place into the back of vehicles. The birds will be delivered throughout the community to designated families who are in need, according to Stew Leonard's.

The company has been doing its holiday poultry giveaway for 40 years, however this is the first one at the newly-opened Paramus store.

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The following area organizations will receive turkeys, according to Stew Leonard’s:

• Center For Food Action
• Table to Table
• Greater Bergen.Org.
• Center For Hope and Safety
• Food Pantry @ St. Mary’s
• Eva’s Village
• Community Outreach Services
• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark
• Father English Community Center Food Pantry
• Turning Point Community Services
• Paramus Community Pantry
• Family Promise of Bergen County
• Church of the Annunciation
• Table of Plenty Food Pantry @ St. Peter the Apostle
• Community Baptist Church