Granderson continues to give during Thanksgiving season

NEW YORK — Curtis Granderson shot up the Van Wyck Expressway, heading north to another destination. Granderson and Jose Reyes just finished distributing Thanksgiving turkeys to needy families in Jamaica, Queens. Next up was a stop in Harlem as part of the same initiative. Later that night, Granderson headed to Midtown for a Grand Kids Foundation fundraiser.

Granderson’s traffic-defying schedule last Tuesday was hardly unique. Since the Mets bowed out of postseason play seven weeks ago, the Mets outfielder has crisscrossed the eastern United States, running charity events in both New York City and his native Chicago. In late October, he paused at Wrigley Field to collect the Roberto Clemente Award, Major League Baseball’s highest off-field honor. Then, he continued the process of demonstrating why he earned that recognition, using Thanksgiving as a springboard for his charitable giving.

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