Suffolk Sheriff To Give Out Around 400 Turkey Meals In Yaphank Tuesday

YAPHANK, NY — Over 400 turkeys are expected to be given out in holiday meal packs by the Suffolk County Sheriff's office in Yaphank on Tuesday.

The meal packs, along with trimmings — gravy, stuffing, sides — will be given out at the START Center to pre-selected residents at a drive-thru event starting at 10 a.m. One hundred of the turkeys will also be available to local families in need on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Sheriff Errol Toulon noted that with the cost of groceries and household expenses rising the past two years, more local families are turning to food banks and to combat the demand, families in need of holiday meal help were identified by the START Center and their partner non-profit service agencies to guarantee that they can receive a free Thanksgiving meal without worry of a shortage.

The items were collected via Amazon Wishlist, donation bins throughout the Sheriff’s Office’s facilities, and through donations from partners including: Caitlyn’s Vision, Deputy Sheriff’s Police Benevolent Association, Suffolk County Corrections Officer Association, and Suffolk County Correction Officer’s Benevolent Association.

Chubs Meat Market, the United Way of Long Island, Long Island Cares, St. John’s Nepomucene Church, Bravo Supermarket, Compare Foods, City on the Hill Community Church, Salvation Army, and The United Way, and Goya also contributed to the drive.

The meals will be given out at the START Resource Center, located at 200 Glover Ave., until 12 p.m.