St. Elizabeth Medical Center’s 40th Annual “Operation Share” Brings Thanksgiving to 300 Families

SEMC staff members, along with coaches and players for the Whitestown Wolfpack Bantam Minor Travel Hockey Team packed and distributed boxes of Thanksgiving food for 300 families in need at the 40th Annual Operation Share event.

UTICA, N.Y. – For the 40th consecutive year, staff members at St. Elizabeth Medical Center (SEMC), an affiliate of Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), packed and distributed Thanksgiving baskets, complete with turkey and trimmings, to 300 families in need on Monday, November 23. Baskets were prepared and picked up at the St. Elizabeth Medical Arts building on Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford.

The effort is called “Operation Share,” with this year’s baskets providing Thanksgiving dinner for approximately 300 families, Chairman James Getter said. The staff prepared and distributed approximately 13 tons of food during the day. Coaches and players for the Whitestown Wolfpack Bantam Minor Travel Hockey Team helped staff members to pack and distribute the boxes of food. Recipients picked up the baskets mainly between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.

The annual charitable effort is made possible by major donations from the St. Elizabeth Medical Center Foundation, Chanatry’s Supermarkets, Inc and Fidelis Care New York. Donations also came from physicians, employees, volunteers and others.

Recipients were recommended by the Sisters of St. Francis, doctors, nurses, other MVHS employees and local agencies, including Catholic Charities and Thea Bowman House.

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Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center are affiliates under the Mohawk Valley Health System.