Stop & Shop's Turkey Express Tackles Hunger with the NY Giants

New York Giants legends Stephen Baker (85) and Joe Morris (20)helped deliver 500 Thanksgiving turkeys that Stop & Shop donated to the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. Stop & Shop’s Turkey Express program will deliver more than 22,000 turkeys to hunger relief organizations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island this holiday season.

Stop & Shop’s Turkey Express program donated 500 Thanksgiving Turkeys to The Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. Giants alumni, Stephen Baker “The Touchdown Maker”, OJ Anderson and Joe Morris assisted in delivering the Turkeys to the food bank.

Stop & Shop’s Turkey Express program will deliver more than 22,000 turkeys to hunger relief organizations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island this holiday season.

“Stop & Shop is thankful for the Giants and their alumni who joined our effort to help The Food Bank of the Hudson Valley address hunger,” said Maura O’Brien, Stop & Shop’s External Communications Manager. “We know that food insecurity remains a challenge and Stop & Shop is proud to support The Food Bank of the Hudson Valley’s efforts to deliver hundreds of thousands of meals to our neighbors who need them the most.”

“We are grateful to Stop & Shop for their generous support throughout the years through their Turkey Express program,” said Sara Gunn, Director, Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. “We help to make the holidays brighter for thousands of people who are experiencing food insecurity due to the generosity of companies like Stop & Shop. We will distribute these turkeys to the 400 agencies (food pantries, homeless shelters, senior citizen residential sites, etc.) so that they will be able to provide them to those in need.”

The COVID-19 Pandemic continues to impact communities in Rockland, Orange and Putnam, and Dutchess Counties. The Food Bank of the Hudson Valley is committed to meeting the food needs of people who are still negatively impacted by this crisis. It is the only not-for-profit in the region that can respond on such a wide scale, and it takes that obligation very seriously. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Food Bank has:

• Provided 22 million pounds of food, 26.4 million meals through daily distributions to partner agencies to help them serve the growing number of people seeking assistance, a 57% increase over the same period last year.

• Shipped over 5 million pounds of food, almost 6 million meals for special distributions in six counties and other hard-hit communities to meet the needs of thousands of people, many of whom are unemployed and in need of food assistance for the first time.

• Provided more than 10,000 meals to almost 9,000 seniors living in senior housing sites

Joe Morris was a second draft pick, playing for the Giants from 1982-1988 and starred in Super Bowl XXI when the Giants defeated Denver 39-20.

OJ Anderson played in the NFL for 13 years, starring for the Giants from 1986-1992 and was the MVP of Super Bowl XXV when the Giants defeated Buffalo 20-19.

Steven Baker was a Giant from 1987-1992 and played in Super Bowl XXV.