Smile Staten Island: Notre Dame Bread of Life and Uncle Chase Foundation Thanksgiving Food Drive
Glorivie Carreon, left, Martha Herrera, Dr Mary Spinelli and Veronica Labidou, of Gotham Health, on Vanderbilt Avenue. (Courtesy of Mary Spinelli)
STATEN ISLAND, NY – Despite the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the residents of Staten Island were on the move to provide – in a socially distant way – Thanksgiving dinners to families in need.
The Pain de Vie Notre Dame – which partnered with the St. Vincent DePaul Society of St. Thomas Church – and the Uncle Chase Foundation which took place in St. Joseph-St. Thomas Parking and Mariners Harbor Community Center, respectively.
Scroll below for a preview of the Staten Islanders sporting their best smiles, and email your photos to [email protected] As a reminder, SILive / Advance will only publish photos of people without a mask if they are from the same household.
Boxing legend Teddy Atlas of the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation donates 50 turkeys to Charles “Chase” Gardner of the Uncle Chase Foundation’s Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway event at the Mariners Harbor Community Center. (Courtesy of Melissa Johnson)
Volunteers pose for a photo at the start of the Pain de Vie Notre-Dame Thanksgiving Food Drive in St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church November 21 (Dr Gracelyn Santos / Staten Island Advance)
The Cisak family – Richard, Alex, Nicholas and Gabriella – donate drive-through food to the Pain de Vie Notre Dame Thanksgiving Food Drive in St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church November 21 (Dr Gracelyn Santos / Staten Island Advance)
Joseph Delaney, General Manager of Notre Dame Bread of Life, and Tom Ventrudo, President, at the Notre Dame Bread of Life Thanksgiving Food Drive in St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church November 21 (Dr Gracelyn Santos / Staten Island Advance)
Tatiana Mroczek, left, Joe Delaney, Executive Director of Notre Dame Bread of Life, Thomas Boyer, and Angelica Mroczek, Miss Staten Island’s Outstanding Teen 2020, volunteer at the Notre Dame Bread of Life Thanksgiving Food Drive in St. Joseph- St. Thomas Church November 21 (Dr Gracelyn Santos / Staten Island Advance)
Jane and Tom Siblo donate drive-through food to the Pain de Vie Notre Dame Thanksgiving Food Drive in St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church November 21 (Dr Gracelyn Santos / Staten Island Advance)
Donna Scalise donates drive-through food to the Pain de Vie Notre Dame Thanksgiving Food Drive in St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church November 21 (Dr Gracelyn Santos / Staten Island Advance)
Jackie Dinapoli donates drive-through food to the Pain de Vie Notre Dame Thanksgiving Food Drive in St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church November 21 (Dr Gracelyn Santos / Staten Island Advance)
Meg Ventrudo and her mother, Peggy Ventrudo, volunteer at the Bread of Life Notre Dame Thanksgiving Food Drive in St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church November 21 (Dr Gracelyn Santos / Staten Island Advance)
Debbie Balinksi volunteers with the Pain de Vie Notre Dame Thanksgiving Food Drive in St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church November 21 (Dr Gracelyn Santos / Staten Island Advance)
Alice Garrett and Elizabeth Brim at the Bread of Life Notre Dame Thanksgiving Food Drive in St. Joseph-St. Thomas Church November 21 (Dr Gracelyn Santos / Staten Island Advance)
Maliyah Greene, Charles “Chase” Gardner and Mya Greene at the Uncle Chase Foundation Thanksgiving Turkey Giving Event at Mariners Harbor Community Center. (Courtesy of Melissa Johnson)
Tyshon Prysock and Zachariah Felder at the Uncle Chase Foundation Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway event at Mariners Harbor Community Center. (Courtesy of Melissa Johnson)
Shaniqua Brown and Tanya Johnson at the Uncle Chase Foundation Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway event at the Mariners Harbor Community Center. (Courtesy of Melissa Johnson)
Dickey Bellamy at the Uncle Chase Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway event at the Mariners Harbor Community Center. (Courtesy of Melissa Johnson)
Tyshon Prysock and Zachariah Felder at the Uncle Chase Foundation Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway event at Mariners Harbor Community Center. (Courtesy of Melissa Johnson)
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