{"id":50607,"date":"2025-11-24T18:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/50607\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:21:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:21:25","slug":"aoc-donates-1600-thanksgiving-turkeys-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/50607\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC donates 1,600 Thanksgiving turkeys in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend, as President Donald Trump met with New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her resignation<\/a>, New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was not in Washington.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rather, she was back home in her New York district, distributing turkeys.<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez hosts a turkey distribution annually, feeding families and workers in need around the Thanksgiving holiday.<\/p>\n

Last year, her team gave away over 1,000 turkeys, which was double that of the year before. This year, they reported that 1,600 turkeys were given away.<\/p>\n

\"ATeam AOC at the 2025 turkey distribution. Photo courtesy of Team AOC\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to your grassroots support, we have been able to distribute 1,600 turkeys to families in the Bronx ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday,\u201d the congresswoman\u2019s campaign shared on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must come together in community in these moments to care for one another and remember, we are the bridge to the society we want to become.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most of the donations were funded by supporter dollars, which Ocasio-Cortez has also used to host backpack drives<\/a> and other community events as a form of campaigning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been able to provide over 1,600 turkeys in the Bronx, and then all of your support and fundraising has raised an additional $20,000 above our raise goal, which we are giving 100% to local food pantries to help feed families this Thanksgiving,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said in a vlog-style video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She took viewers along as she and her team of volunteers moved throughout the Bronx and Queens to get turkeys to people in need \u2014 including halal turkeys in the Throgs Neck neighborhood, too.<\/p>\n

\"CongresswomanAOC\u00a0speaks with a constituent at a previous years’ turkey distribution. Photo courtesy of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\/Facebook<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to donations \u2014 check this out,\u201d she said in the video. \u201cWe\u2019ve got so many volunteers here that are making this work. This is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

A long line of cars set off to different parts of the borough, after loading up with palettes of turkeys and other donated food, as Ocasio-Cortez said, \u201cto make sure these are distributed far and wide.\u201d<\/p>\n

At one stop at First Baptist Church in Queens, Ocasio-Cortez spoke with community leader Rev. Patrick Henry Young.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to have our wonderful congresswoman, who has done tremendous work in our community,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re feeding thousands of families \u2014 not just on this day, but we feed every Saturday.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The reverend invited any community member to join in church celebrations and future food distributions, too, while finally thanking Ocasio-Cortez for her work.<\/p>\n

While the congresswoman\u2019s name and campaign are attached to these offerings, it\u2019s clear they are a community-wide effort.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Community organizations Grow NYC, Corona Mutual Aid, Street Vendor Project, and more, were out alongside Team AOC over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith your help,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez addressed constituents, \u201cwe can keep it going.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Header image courtesy of Team AOC<\/p>\n