Patriots join United Way to pack Thanksgiving meals to distribute locally

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the Patriots Foundation partnered with United Way of Massachusetts Bay to kick off The Gratitude Project.

On Tuesday afternoon, Patriots players Brenden Schooler, Austin Hooper, Ben Brown, Layden Robinson, Miles Battle, Eric Johnson II traveled to the Boston Convention Center in Boston’s Seaport neighborhood to pack nearly 10,000 bags of food and essentials to be distributed to sites in Attleboro, Dorchester, Taunton, Lowell, Lynn, Quincy, and Roxbury.

“Just being able to be shoulder to shoulder with a bunch of volunteers who took the time out of their busy days to do something selfless was pretty cool,” said Hooper while volunteering.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Gratitude Project, more than 500 volunteers came together to get the job done.

“I think it’s great, everyone just chipping in doing what they can to help,” said Brown.

“It’s pretty cool meeting a lot of local people here. I’m from Mississippi, so it’s a little different, but everyone is very excited to be here.”