{"id":53361,"date":"2025-11-26T20:46:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/53361\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T20:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:46:03","slug":"ny-yankees-serve-up-thanksgiving-meals-for-hundreds-of-br","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/53361\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Yankees Serve Up Thanksgiving Meals for Hundreds of Br…"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Thanksgiving week continues, the NY Yankees<\/a> are once again showing their connection to the Bronx goes far beyond baseball.<\/p>\n

Last week, the organization partnered with SCAN-Harbor (Supportive Children\u2019s Advocacy Network) to host a Thanksgiving meal for hundreds of local residents<\/a> at the Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center. <\/p>\n

Yankees staff members and Legends Global employees helped serve a complete holiday feast, creating a space where families could sit down together and enjoy a warm meal without the usual stresses of the season.<\/p>\n

While Yankee Stadium is typically surrounded by crowds, music, and game-day energy at least 81 nights a year, this event reflected a different\u2014but equally meaningful\u2014side of the franchise. Instead of scoreboards and statistics, the focus was on community, access, and shared responsibility.<\/p>\n

Brian Smith, the Yankees\u2019 Senior Vice President of Corporate and Community Relations, explained the broader mission behind the effort. \u201cIt\u2019s about being a productive member of the community,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThat\u2019s what this all comes down to\u2014working with our neighbors and combining resources with our community-based partners to generate access.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Thanksgiving meal was just one stop in a larger season-long initiative. On Monday, November 24, the Bronx Bombers teamed up with Krasdale Foods for their annual Thanksgiving Food Voucher Giveaway outside Yankee Stadium. <\/p>\n

Approximately 4,000 vouchers, each valued at $25, were distributed at Gates 2 and 8. The vouchers can be redeemed at participating C-Town and Bravo supermarkets throughout the Bronx, allowing families to shop locally for their holiday meals.<\/p>\n

Community outreach will continue well past Thanksgiving. Later this season, the Bronx Clergy will partner with the Yankees for a holiday food drive at the stadium, collecting donations to support soup kitchens and food pantries across the borough.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need partners like that to put together a community All-Star team,\u201d Smith noted. \u201cThat\u2019s how you drive real access.\u201d<\/p>\n

December also brings the Yankees\u2019 annual Winter Wonderland event, where more than 6,000 local children will receive a toy and a meal at Yankee Stadium. In addition, a holiday pop-up food distribution is planned, and manager Aaron Boone is scheduled to join a toy distribution event with the NYPD\u2019s 44th Precinct just ahead of Christmas.<\/p>\n

These efforts align with the Yankees\u2019 Diversity and Inclusion Committee<\/a>, established to address systemic inequities and expand opportunity throughout the Bronx and greater New York City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Thanksgiving week continues, the NY Yankees are once again showing their connection to the Bronx goes far…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-53361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53361","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=53361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}