West Herr Donates 300 Turkeys and Thanksgiving food items to Rochester area residents

Today at the West Herr Auditorium Theatre, Mayor Malik Evans thanked Scott Bieler, President and CEO of West Herr Automotive Group, as well as Members of his Executive Team, for dropping off frozen turkeys and accompanying bags of Thanksgiving food items – all of which will be delivered to families in need in the City of Rochester.

“During this Thanksgiving season, I hope that all who celebrate have the opportunity to gather with loved ones and enjoy one another’s company,” said Rochester, NY Mayor Malik D. Evans. “Thank you to West Herr for its donation that supports Thanksgiving dinner for hundreds of Rochester families and thank you to our partner organizations whose work with our community ensures that such aid can reach those in need.”

The City’s partner organizations for supporting this donation included The Boys & Girls Club of Rochester, Community Place of Greater Rochester and Rochester Hope.

The turkeys and bags of food items were a portion of a larger total of more than $100,000 in frozen turkeys donated by the West Herr Automotive Group, and over 5000 bags of Thanksgiving related food items collected from employees and customers across West Herr’s locations over the past month.

Thanks to West Herr, the turkeys and accompanying bags of food items were delivered to the West Herr Performing Arts Center this morning. Volunteers from the partner organizations, along with the Mayor and his staff, then packed up the donations for delivery so local families would not have to go without this Thanksgiving season.

Mr. Bieler said, “Rochester has been ranked the most neighborly city in America. It is because of that, that our customers and employees have made these donations possible. We are so thankful for all the support from the Flower City community. We are so proud and grateful to be a part of this wonderful community and feel blessed to be in a position to help those who need it most.”

As a result of this annual West Herr Thanksgiving Food Drive, forty-five community organizations received the donations, which totaled 5000 bags of food items and 5500 turkeys. The turkeys and food items weighed in at over 75,000 pounds and were delivered in 15 trucks by 35 volunteers. This marks the largest Thanksgiving donation made to date by the annual West Herr Drive and will feed thousands this coming holiday in the Buffalo, Western New York, Rochester, Finger Lakes Region and East Syracuse communities.