Seasonal & Holidays
Saint Barnabas’ Thanksgiving Drive Helps 2500 Orange Residents
400 frozen turkeys. 3,500 cookies. And 420 families in the Orange School District. These are some numbers from Saint Barnabas' annual drive.
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston sent a “huge thank you” to the local community after another successful Thanksgiving food drive helped to make a better Thanksgiving for 2,500 people in the Orange Public School District.
Hospital administrators posted the following social media message on Tuesday. Don’t forget to visit the Patch Livingston Facebook page here.
“A huge thank you to the entire Saint Barnabas Medical Center family for all your support this Thanksgiving Food Drive season. Collection boxes overflowed with items at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Barnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center and RWJBarnabas Health Corporate. Donated items included stuffing, mashed potatoes, vegetables, gravy, cranberry sauce and yams.
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“Thank you to everyone who generously donated frozen turkeys to the Thanksgiving Food Drive. Saint Barnabas Medical Center contributed 106 turkeys to the pledged goal of 400. A very special thank you to Rick Davis, Chief Financial Officer, who individually donated 70 turkeys. In identifying the need of additional baskets, Stephen Zieniewicz, FACHE, President & CEO, generously donated 25 turkeys, completing the drive.
“Securing dessert for each basket was made possible through the donation of 3,500 cookies from Livingston Bagel and Supreme Bakery.
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“Thank you to our event sponsors, Community Health & Outreach, Sodexo and the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills. Through this collective partnership, we were able to directly support 420 families in the Orange Public School District, reaching approximately 2,500 individuals. This year, we were able to provide each basket with a second serving of vegetables.
“Every donation made this year’s basket program possible and helped us accomplish a Thanksgiving basket record!”
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