Shopping with Dion Lewis: Patriots Star Teams Up With Stop & Shop for the Needy

PROVIDENCE, RI — You gotta figure New England Patriot star Dion Lewis does everything in a big way. So when he goes Thanksgiving shopping, no surprise, he's picking up 1,000 birds.

According to Stop & Shop's Phil Tracey, the running back will join the store employees and help deliver 1,000 turkeys to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.

They'll be at the food bank, 200 Niantic Ave., at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Nov. 15.

Tuesday’s donation is part of the more than 300,000 holiday meals that the grocer is donating to food banks and hunger relief agencies throughout New England this holiday season, Tracey said.

There's definitely a need.

"According to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank," Tracey said, "12.7 percent of all Rhode Island households are impacted by hunger and food-insecurity. Last year, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank distributed more than 9.7 million pounds of food to more than 60,000 different people. In Rhode Island, there is a high demand for donations and Stop & Shop is committed to making sure no family goes hungry this Thanksgiving."

So, the Turkey Express trucks and Lewis will bear down on Niantic Avenue with the special delivery.

"Over the course of this holiday season, Stop & Shop is donating more than 300,000 holiday meals to help support families in need," he said. For the record, "Stop & Shop has been a long time partner of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and has donated more than $13 million dollars in food and product to food banks and hunger relief organizations throughout New England."

Courtesy Photo and Caption: Stop & Shop has been a longtime partner of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and other hunger relief organizations throughout New England. To date, the grocery chain has donated more than $13 million in food and product to these organizations. The turkeys donated on November 15 will be used to feed some of the 60,000 people who rely on the Rhode Island Community Food Bank for food each month.