CSI BASEBALL CONTINUES THANKSGIVING TRADITION WITH ATLAS FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP

11/24/2025 2:21:00 PM

STATEN ISLAND, NY - Continuing a longstanding tradition during the days before Thanksgiving, the College of Staten Island Baseball Team once again partnered with Teddy Atlas and the Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation to pack and distribute Thanksgiving meals to families in need. Their efforts helped deliver well over 1,700 Thanksgiving dinners to local area families this year, and the CSI Baseball program worked alongside the Atlas Foundation in this endeavor every year since 2007.

During the Atlas Foundation food strive, the foundation distributes turkeys and all the side dishes to families in need each Thanksgiving and Easter. The dinners are distributed with local churches and other community service organizations to some of the poorest neighborhoods in and around New York City.

BSBThanksgiving24-3 — **All of the collected food was packed on Friday for distribution to local families in need the following day**

Beginning on Friday evening, the team spent the night loading trucks with all of the donated meals. On Saturday, they were stationed at the distribution headquarters at 543 Cary Avenue where they distributed all of the collected turkeys and sides.

"Being part of the Atlas Foundation Food Drive is one of the most meaningful traditions we have," said Head Coach Mike Mauro. "For 18 years, our Dolphins baseball family has shown up to support this community, and handing out 1,700 turkeys this season is a reminder of what service is all about. We're grateful for the opportunity to help families in need and to teach our student-athletes the importance of giving back, especially during the Thanksgiving holiday"

Mauro with Teddy Atlas 2025 — **Mauro and Teddy Atlas**

The Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation is a Staten Island-based community service organization that provides financial, legal and emotional support to individuals and organizations in need, and focuses particularly on the needs of children. It was founded in 1997 by boxing trainer and commentator, Teddy Atlas, in order to honor the memory of his father. In the spirit of Dr. Atlas, who provided free medical care to those who could not afford it and made house calls to give personal care to his patients until he was 80 years old, the Foundation has attempted since its inception to ease the burden of the less fortunate among us. And it accomplishes this in a very human way, in a way which preserves the dignity of the people it helps.

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