{"id":47797,"date":"2025-11-21T20:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/47797\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T20:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:49:22","slug":"cops-spread-thanksgiving-cheer-to-north-brooklyn-families-in-need-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/47797\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops spread Thanksgiving cheer to North Brooklyn families in need \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NYPD officers hand out turkeys to families in need at 385 Broadway during the Sergeant Benevolent Association\u2019s first annual food drive.<\/p>\n

Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n

NYPD groups gave back to the community on Wednesday during the first annual food drive at Williamsburg\u2019s 90th Precinct. Sergeants, detectives and officers from Brooklyn North \u2014 including members of the Detectives Endowment Association, the Sergeants Benevolent Association and the NYPD\u2019s Hispanic Society \u2014 distributed 400 turkeys to people in need.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is to show that our Detectives care about the communities they work in and they want to give back to these people,\u201d said Detectives Endowment Association\u00a0President Scott Munro. \u201cThere are a lot of people in need right now and we want to ease that burden for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

That sense of connection was echoed by Retired Detective and NYPD Chaplain Barbara Williams.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis helps to bridge the gap between community and us,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are all one family, we want these people to know we go through the same struggles that they go through despite us wearing a blue uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Detectives Endowment Association President Scott Munro (left) lauded the event as a way to give back to local families in need.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell \"\"Families line up to receive turkeys from Brooklyn North officers during the holiday drive.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n

Recipients expressed gratitude for the donations.\n<\/p>\n

Shari Owens, who received a turkey, said she has a lot to be thankful for.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis time last year I had two heart attacks and I flatlined twice while at the hospital. I am thankful for the gift of life this year. This year I am getting my niece a turkey,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have to help one another out during these difficult times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another recipient, Carlos DeJesus, said, \u201cThanksgiving is a lot about giving back and being thankful\u201d \u2014 a sentiment that resonates deeply with him.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a lot to be thankful for this year. My wife beat cancer and my daughter lived through a bad car accident,\u201d he said. \u201cI am thankful for life and health. If a turkey brings us together, that\u2019s all I can ask for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NYPD officers hand out turkeys to families in need at 385 Broadway during the Sergeant Benevolent Association\u2019s first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[10568,98,100,99,9,24,12,370,63,103,6967,13094,26484,1424],"class_list":["post-47797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-90th-precinct","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-thanksgiving","tag-turkey","tag-turkey-giveaway","tag-williamsburg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}