U.S. Marines and Army Personnel Help Stop & Shop Battle Hunger on Long Island

Stop & Shop's Matt Whelan and Colleen Camoglino assisted a contingent of U.S. Marines and U.S. Army personnel, many who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, unload 2,400 Thanksgiving turkeys that Stop & Shop donated to Long Island Cares - The Harry Chapin Food Bank and Island Harvest as part of Stop & Shop’s Turkey Express program, which battles hunger on Long Island.

Stop & Shop’s Turkey Express program will deliver nearly 21,000 turkeys to hunger relief organizations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island this holiday season.

More than 316,000 Long Islanders face the risk of hunger each day, and nearly one-third of Long Islanders who receive supplemental food assistance are under 18 years old. Children faced with chronic hunger are more likely to experience behavioral issues, have reduced ability to learn social skills and suffer from impaired cognitive learning skills.

Stop & Shop donates over $12 million in product and financial support to individual food banks.

In addition to the Turkey Express program, Stop & Shop continues to fight hunger through the Food for Friends campaign, which will raise more than $1 million this year for more than 300 local hunger relief organizations through the states that it operates in.