To ensure that these turkeys reached deserving families, Health Plus worked directly with the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, whose central ware-house distributed the Turkeys to Jewish Community Council of Canarsie, COJO of Staten Island, the Shorefront Jewish Community Council, the Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula, the Queens Jewish Community, The Jewish Community Council of Canarsie, The Bronx Jewish Community Council, and with The United Jewish Council of the Lower East Side, where New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was on hand to help present the free birds.
 
This yearly event guarantees a festive Thanksgiving for many underprivileged New Yorkers and their families.  Health Plus is proud to support such worthy efforts, and was delighted with the participation of other organizations that assisted with the distribution.
 
“Many of us take it for granted that a turkey dinner is part of Thanksgiving,” says Tom Early, Executive Director of Health Plus, “but many New Yorkers simply can’t afford one. I’m very happy that Health Plus could make such a meaningful contribution to the quality of life for so many families during this holiday season. Together with our many partners throughout the city, we’ve helped people enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday they deserve.”