Overview
- Volunteers including Mayor Michelle Wu and Police Commissioner Michael Cox served a meal featuring 800 pounds of turkey, 600 pounds of stuffing, 450 pounds of vegetables, 10 gallons of cranberry sauce, and a 501‑pound pumpkin pie.
- The arena was set with 1,000 chairs, and many guests were brought in by bus from local shelters.
- TD Garden’s culinary team prepared the feast over three days while still serving 19,000 guests nightly for other events, according to executive chef Jason Gorman.
- Friends of Boston’s Homeless highlighted rising need and cautioned that federal funding changes could soon push roughly 1,400 formerly housed people into homelessness.
- Organizers cited long-term impact, with more than 22,000 meals served over the initiative’s history, over $110,000 directed to the Housing Start-Up Fund, and a new $100,000 donation from the Bruins and Celtics foundations to the Greater Boston Food Bank.