Stew Leonard's Donates Hundreds Of Turkeys

On Thursday, both Long Island Stew Leonard's locations, as well as the chains other locations upstate and in Connecticut, participated in the store's annual Turkey Brigade, donating thousands of turkeys to charities across the area.

This was the 38th year that Stew Leonard's has held the Turkey Brigade, but the first time that the East Meadow store, the chain's newest location, participated.

Stew Leonard's donated at total of about 2,500 turkeys from all of its stores. Here on Long Island, turkeys from the East Meadow store went to 16 local charities:

• 1 in 9 / Hewlett House
• Calvary Lutheran Church
• County Executive of Mineola
• Gateway Youth Outreach
• Kiwanis Club of Uniondale
• Lawrence Road Middle School
• Nassau County Veterans Service
• Ronald McDonald House
• St. Barnabas Church
• St. Bernard’s Chruch
• St. Bridget Catholic Church
• St. Frances de Chantal Church
• St. Ignatius Human Services
• St. Martha’s Parish Social Ministry
• St. Vincent De Paul Society
• The INN Food Pantry

Photos: Stew Leonard's