Reaching-Out Community Services distributes turkeys for Thanksgiving
Business and civic leaders from Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Bay Ridge joined together to help ensure that Thanksgiving would be a special holiday for neighbors in need.
Over 600 turkeys, plus hams, sweet potatoes and all the trimmings were donated to Reaching-Out Community Services Inc., a nonprofit Bensonhurst-based charity that has fed thousands of hungry families in Southwest Brooklyn, according to Thomas Neve, the founder and executive director of the organization.
The group, which operates a food pantry out of a storefront at 7708 New Utrecht Ave., distributes hundreds of free turkeys at its Operation Gobbler Giving event each year. The distribution traditionally takes place on the Monday before Thanksgiving, and City Harvest provides all the trimmings to go along with the turkey.