Saunders & Associates, the largest locally owned and operated real estate firm in the Hamptons, held a tremendously successful 2020 Thanksgiving Donation Drive to support local food pantries.
During its sixth annual Thanksgiving Drive the company donated $60,000 to nine food pantries including Bridgehampton Community Food Pantry, Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center, Church of the Immaculate Conception Westhampton Beach, East Hampton Food Pantry, Springs Food Pantry, Montauk Food Pantry, Heart of the Hamptons Southampton Food Pantry, Hampton Bays Food Pantry, and Shelter Island Food Pantry.
In past years the company collected donations of nonperishable food at its five East End offices, last year donating over 5,000 food items to local pantries. This year, in light of COVID-19, the company created a GoFundMe page to collect monetary donations.
The donations contributed by Saunders agents, staff, and members of the local community on the GoFundMe page were matched by the company for a total of $60,000 to support the pantries. Due to COVID-19, these local pantries have seen the greatest amount of food insecurity that our communities have ever faced.