NYSE Brokers Ensure Holiday Dinner is on the Table for 120,000 New Yorkers in Need
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Contacts:
Ellen Lubell, 212-949-4938, 917-854-6864
Emily Crossan, 917-286-1548, 201-344-5742
15,000 Turkey Dinners Donated: Each Dinner Serves 8
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When:
Thursday, December 23, 9:30 am
Where:
The Children’s Aid Society’s East Harlem Center
130 East 101st Street (btwn Park and Lexington Avenues)
Turkey dinner distribution: 9:30 am – c.12 noon (800 dinners)
What:
On Thursday, December 23, 800 turkey dinners – each feeding eight – will be distributed to families at The Children's Aid Society’s East Harlem Center.* Lines will form down the block as people wait for their dinners, which include a fully cooked 12 lb. turkey and all the trimmings. The dinners are frozen, designed to be prepared at home, so families can customize the meal to suit their tastes and traditions and enjoy them in a familiar setting.
Thanks to the generosity of floor brokers at the New York Stock Exchange, more than 15,000 turkey dinners will have been distributed in total by The Children's Aid Society (CAS) to families in need this season. Continued high unemployment makes these meals critical for holiday celebrations for many city families.
Who:
The 23-year-old Christmas Dinner Fund is an entirely voluntary effort by NYSE floor brokers, who “pass the hat” on the trading floor and raise a substantial sum in a brief period of time. Arthur Cashin and Mark Feeley, two high-level financial executives, founded the Fund. It is supported by hundreds who work on the floor of the Exchange and want to share the holiday spirit with those who are less fortunate.
* Turkey dinners are also being distributed Thursday at several other Children’s Aid community centers. CAS started distribution last week.
The Children’s Aid Society was founded in 1853. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest non-sectarian agencies, serving over 150,000 of New York’s neediest children and their families with a network of services that include community schools, neighborhood centers, camps, adoption and foster care services, teen pregnancy prevention, education, health and recreation.
