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Council of Jewish Organizations Food Pantry Assists Staten Island Community in Distribution of Turkey and Thanksgiving Food

Council of Jewish Organizations Food Pantry Assists Staten Island Community in Distribution of Turkey and Thanksgiving Food

On, November 25, 2021, the Council of Jewish Organizations of Staten Island’s food pantry once again partnered up with Project Hospitality, NYPD, Governor Kathy Hochul, Assemblyman Michael Cusick, Assemblyman Charles Fall and Senator Diane Savino in providing turkey and other Thanksgiving foods to nearly 200 Staten Island families in need.   

Mendy Mirocznik, president of COJO thanked Chief Frank Vega, Staten Island Borough Commander and Inspector Bruce Ceparano, commanding officer of Precinct 121 for once again opening the precinct for what has become an annual COJO/NYPD tradition, the Thanksgiving turkey and food distribution. Chief Vega commented how a few years earlier the COJO food Pantry was approached by the NYPD to help the broader Staten Island community in providing support for Thanksgiving. “It is through our partnership with such wonderful civic organizations like COJO that the NYPD is able to have established community support and confidence. The support that COJO gives us as we celebrate Thanksgiving helps us to reach out to those in need and help provide for them a meaningful holiday celebration. These celebrations help build community and a better Staten Island. As the Staten Island Borough Commander, I thank Mendy Mirocznik, Terry Troia and their food pantry team and the elected officials for taking the time to bring joy and holiday spirit to the various community members who were served today by this Thanksgiving food give away.”

Assemblyman Cusick on behalf of the elected officials thanked COJO  and Project Hospitality and stated that, “community leaders such as Mendy Mirocznik and Terry Troia are a shining example of the best of Staten Island. We are a generous Borough and have a wealth of great community organizations such as COJO and Project Hospitality whose primary sole concern and agenda is to help all Staten Islanders have a better quality of life. These fine community leaders and organizations in Staten Island is what makes me most proud of our home town.”

Mendy Mirocznik, thanked Assemblyman Cusick and the pantry volunteers who collected, assembled, packed and distributed the Turkey and food packages. “A project such as this Turkey and holiday food distribution does more then just help make Thanksgiving a festive holiday for all. It is an example of the broader Staten Island community coming together and working together as one big family. We are standing side by side working together in this room with a team of people who reflect and represent the great diversity of Staten Island.  The common thread among all of us is that we as a collective group care about one thing and that is building a community build on a foundation of love, respect and mutual care.  As a community we can only succeed if we respect each other and by collaborating together and succeeding on such Thanksgiving food projects is only evidence that we are committed and have succeeded in making Staten Island a better place for all people.”  


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