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Thanksgiving Luncheon 2022

It was an early Thanksgiving celebration for 160 students in need, including some migrants who arrived in New York by bus in late summer, as they marked the occasion at UFT headquarters on Nov. 19 with a holiday meal, new winter wear and a variety of activities during the union's Thanksgiving Luncheon and Winter Coat Drive hosted by the UFT Middle Schools Division.

Three people pose for a photo. The man in the middle is wearing a turkey costume.

Students make a new friend in Rashad Brown, the union’s perennial Thanksgiving turkey and one of dozens of UFT members and UFT staffers who volunteer their time for the annual luncheon.

Jonathan Fickies
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Three people pose for a photo. The man in the middle is wearing a turkey costume.

Students make a new friend in Rashad Brown, the union’s perennial Thanksgiving turkey and one of dozens of UFT members and UFT staffers who volunteer their time for the annual luncheon.

Jonathan Fickies
An older woman checks in on children working at a table

Cosmetology teacher Andrea Lingstuyl looks on proudly as her students from Queens Technical HS provide manicures and fingernail painting to younger children at the popular Beauty and Glam table.

Jonathan Fickies
A woman works on the hair of a child

A 2nd-grader gets her hair styled.

Jonathan Fickies
A student gives a thumbs up and an adult donating coats smiles behind him.

A 9-year-old gives a thumbs-up to the new coat he received, while UFT Vice President for Middle Schools Richard Mantell, who coordinated the event, enjoys the child's reaction.

Jonathan Fickies
A student shows off her art work

This 7-year-old was among the young students who took advantage of the crafts tables, showing her creativity at the rainbow scratch-paper station.

Jonathan Fickies