Long Island’s largest on-site food drive, the fifth annual Bethpage Turkey Drive to benefit Island Harvest Food Bank, will expand this year to take place in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Long Islanders are asked to donate frozen turkeys, non-perishable food items or cash donations, which will help Island Harvest supply meals to the over 300,000 hungry Long Islanders in need, including the thousands of Hurricane Sandy victims still facing hardship.
“Each year the turkey drive has grown to what is now considered the largest on-site food drive on Long Island and so we are thrilled this year to expand even more by partnering with Stony Brook University to offer a drop off location for Suffolk County residents,” said Linda Armyn, senior vice president of Corporate Strategy, Bethpage. “This year also commemorates our fifth year working to support Island Harvest, an organization that has greatly accomplished so much for Long Island. I also want to thank our partners – Cablevision and Connoisseur Media for their continued, unwavering support, year after year.”
In Nassau, the day-long drive will take place outside of Bethpage’s main branch located at 899 South Oyster Bay Road on Friday, Nov. 15 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. In Suffolk, Stony Brook University will play host to the newly added Suffolk County location, where volunteers will accept donations in the university parking lot just outside of the Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“Last year’s Turkey Drive took on increased meaning as we worked tirelessly to expand the event to become a turkey, emergency food and relief effort for those impacted by Superstorm Sandy,” said Randi Shubin Dresner, president and CEO, Island Harvest.
Also on Nov. 15, Long Islanders unable to travel to Bethpage’s main branch can visit any of Bethpage’s other 24 branch locations to drop off all non-perishable donations. For a complete list of Bethpage branches, go to www.lovebethpage.com.
