Thanksgiving 2018

More than 1,300 generous volunteers joined us today to help us prepare and deliver a record-breaking 6,500 Thanksgiving meals for people living with HIV, cancer and other life-altering illnesses in the New York City metropolitan area. This year’s meal delivery included more than 2,300 guest meals, so that each client could invite a friend to spend the holiday with them. Our holiday meals were delivered in cheerful, hand-decorated bags designed by local school children. Each household (out of more than 3,000) also received a holiday gift basket filled with treats to help make the day special.

The remarkable number of Thanksgiving meals was not the only record we hit this week — we also cooked and delivered our 22 millionth meal! Thank you to everyone who made today possible as we worked together to #CelebrateWithAPlate!

Here’s what it took to make our Thanksgiving meal:

• 5,000 lbs. of turkey
• 1,176 lbs. of pumpkin
• 221 gallons of gravy
• 1,505 lbs. of carrots
• 590 lbs. of Brussels sprouts
• 1,607 lbs. of yams
• 749 gallons of soup
• 6,550 apple crisps

God’s Love also served a vegetarian entrée, as well as minced and pureed Thanksgiving meals for clients whose medical conditions require those modifications.

Thanksgiving at God’s Love is a huge community effort and we could not do it without our volunteers and supporters. Thank you and happy Thanksgiving from all of us at God’s Love!