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The Giving SPARK: Giving Back Is a Thanksgiving Tradition — Saunders & Associates Is Doubling Down
For the 13th year, the local real estate firm is rallying the East End around a cause that hits close to home: making sure more families have food on the table this holiday season.
The Hamptons is a place of contrasts. Behind the manicured hedges, oceanfront estates, and eye-watering real estate prices is a year-round community facing a different set of economic realities. For many local families, putting food on the table is a challenge that doesn’t take a holiday.
Saunders & Associates has launched its 13th Annual Thanksgiving Donation Drive, a monthlong campaign benefiting food pantries and community organizations across the East End. It runs through Giving Tuesday on December 1. Colleen and Andrew Saunders match every dollar donated, and 100 percent of the money goes directly to local organizations.
The brokerage has run the drive since 2014 and has raised more than $300,000 since 2020. Last year’s campaign raised $62,000 against a $50,000 goal, one of the most successful years in the drive’s history. This year the goal is to beat that number.
Last year, 100% of employees at Saunders & Associates and New York Title gave, along with agents, business partners, and the East End community.
The money goes to nine organizations serving communities from Westhampton to Montauk: Bridgehampton Community Food Pantry, Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center, Church of the Immaculate Conception in Westhampton Beach, East Hampton Food Pantry, Springs Food Pantry, Montauk Food Pantry, Heart of the Hamptons Southampton Food Pantry, Hampton Bays Food Pantry and Shelter Island Food Pantry.
Food insecurity reaches every hamlet, and the need for assistance doesn’t end when the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone. Through the winter, these organizations remain an essential resource for local families.
Anyone who wants to give back this season can donate any amount, and the Saunders family doubles it.
The drive runs through December 1, 2026. Donations can be made through the Saunders & Associates Thanksgiving Donation Drive GoFundMe page.