*ONE-THOUSAND TURKEYS* AND *SEVEN TONS OF TRIMMINGS* TO BE GIVEN AWAY BY BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ'S OFFICE AND DEPUTY BP YVONNE GRAHAM TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AT BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL
11:00 A.M.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL
209 JORALEMON STREET
BETWEEN COURT & ADAMS STREETS
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
On Monday, November 23, Brooklyn Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham will kick off the holiday season by distributing a thousand Thanksgiving turkeys and seven tons of trimmings--apples, collard greens, baking potatoes and sweet potatoes-- to representatives of nearly a hundred Brooklyn community groups at Borough Hall Plaza. Several Lions Clubs from Brooklyn and other volunteers help distribute the food that will provide Thanksgiving meals for needy Brooklynites at senior centers, soup kitchens, churches, and women's shelters across the borough.
Generous sponsors for this year's event include FreshDirect, Amalgamated Bank, Boars Head Provisions, the Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn Business Improvement District, Fairway Market, the Fulton Street Mall Improvement Association, Health Plus, the Korean-American Brooklyn Association, and Whole Foods Market.