Thanksgiving is approaching and it is time to be thankful for all we have and all that we have been given by God. 

It’s time we gather with friends and family for our annual Thanksgiving dinner. But it is also a time to think of our fellow New Yorkers’ who have lost much in their lives and who are less fortunate. 

Many are now homeless and hungry and quite needy this time of the year. 

This holiday season, I ask all of us to think of our poor neighbors. 

Many New Yorkers are having a hard time affording food. Added to that a number of children are in households that can’t afford enough food. 

I therefore urge all who can to donate food to your local food pantry, soup kitchen, to your local houses of worship and communities groups that distribute to the needy. 

For Thanksgiving is about caring, giving and sharing. Remember this that the kindness of strangers means a lot to those or have so very little.

Frederick R. Bedell JR.

Glen Oaks Village