U.S. VETERANS AND STEW LEONARD’S TO HELP PACK MEMORIAL DAY DINNERS FOR HUNDREDS OF LOCAL VETERANS IN-NEED 

Norwalk, CT, May 25, 2023 – Local veterans will join Stew Leonard's to pack hundreds of free dinners for veterans and their families to kick off the "Stew's For Soldiers" Memorial Day weekend event, Friday, May 26, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Stew Leonard's.  The "Stew's For Soldiers" campaign will include all seven Stew Leonard's tri-state locations and will feed up to 5,600 people.  

Veterans from local American Legion posts and VFWs will help Stew Leonard's assemble the holiday dinners and will deliver the meals to local veterans in need throughout the region.  Each dinner will feed 8 people and will contain pulled pork, BBQ’d chicken, Stew Leonard’s Hawaiian Rolls, ranchers’ baked beans, macaroni salad, potato salad, and coleslaw. 

Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day. The holiday began as a way to honor soldiers who died in the Civil War, but the day now honors all U.S. veterans who have sacrificed their lives.

***GREAT VISUALS OF U.S. VETERANS, AMERICAN LEGION HELPING STEW LEONARD'S 

PACK MEMORIAL DAY DINNERS FOR HUNDREDS OF LOCAL MILITARY FAMILIES***

WHEN: 

Friday, May 26, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.

WHERE:           

Stew Leonard’s in Connecticut:

100 Westport Ave., Norwalk, Conn. / (203) 847-7214

99 Federal Road, Danbury, CT / (203) 790-8030

3475 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, CT / (860) 760-8100

Stew Leonard’s in New York:

1 Stew Leonard Dr., Yonkers, NY / (914) 375-4700

261 Airport Plaza, Farmingdale, NY 11735 / (516) 962-8210

1897 Front Street, East Meadow, NY 11554 / (516) 394-9001

Stew Leonard’s in New Jersey:

700 Paramus Park, Paramus, NJ 07652 / (201) 649-0888

MEDIA CONTACT:

Meghan Bell, 203.750.6107  [email protected]

Press inquiries only please; customers, please call your local store with questions.

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