The @Giants’ play of the year just happened:
— Commissioner Shea (@NYPDShea) April 11, 2020
A donation from “Big Blue” to the @nycpolicefdtn allowed for thousands of masks & supplies to be shared with the NYPD, @FDNY, & many more essential NYC workers on the front lines of the #COVID19 pandemic.
A HUGE thank you from us! pic.twitter.com/8JYAkRHa1N
The NFL Giants have been "helping the community in a number of ways during the past month" under the direction of VP/Community & Corporate Relations Allison Stangeby, according to Tom Rock of NEWSDAY. One of the "first ways they stepped up was through their long-standing relationship with The Meadowlands YMCA." With schools closed, many nurses, doctors, EMTs and other first responders were "forced to find child care so they could continue to work their important jobs." The Giants "picked up the tab and since late March have been covering the cost for child care for them at the facility." QB Daniel Jones was "one of the first to say he wanted to help and asked what he could offer." Eventually a "number of players came together to contribute financially." The Giants also "realized that, in their facility and at MetLife Stadium, they had some of the equipment that was needed elsewhere." Because they had no players to "feed or care for with the offseason program on hold and all other employees working from home, they were able to donate leftovers and not-yet-prepared food to Rock and Wrap it Up; medical gloves and masks to Hackensack Meridian Health; gloves, goggles and ponchos to the office of Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, and ponchos to New York City for hospital use" (NEWSDAY, 4/13).
