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Several nonprofit organizations plan a daylong conference Friday to talk about poverty and its causes. The “Don’t Blame Poor People: A Conference Addressing the Structural Causes of Poverty on Long Island and in New York State” will be held at the Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center Read More …
Walt Whitman High School will host a nonprofit Saturday that will provide residents with food and other necessities, as well as toys. The “Holiday Blessings Tour” is operated by the nonprofit organization God’s Blessings Plan. A semi-trailer truck full of food will set up in Read More …
About 200 hardy souls dashed into the water off Frank P. Petrone Crab Meadow Beach on Sunday morning to help raise money for Special Olympics. This year’s Polar Plunge included teams from the Elwood, South Huntington, Harborfields and Northport school districts as well as town employees and Read More …
Dozens of children picked out their favorite toys and other gifts Thursday with the help of Suffolk County police officers at the annual Shop With a Cop. Several elected officials stopped by to help as kids roamed the aisles at Target in Huntington Station, including Read More …
His nickname was the “lighthouse kid” because of the many times he visited his favorite landmark in Huntington as a child. The name stuck and he eventually put it to good use. When Huntington resident Ronnie Carrillo wanted to give back to a place that Read More …
The Huntington Hibernians are raffling off tickets for a trip to Ireland to support scholarships named for the late Justice Harry Richard Brown. The tickets in the raffle sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 4 of Huntington, go for $25. There’s no expiration Read More …
The Congregational Church of Huntington is raising funds on GoFundMe for its Peace and Plenty Food Outreach program. The program, begun in 2006, prepares and delivers fresh bread, baked goods, sandwiches and fruit each week. Food is prepared at Temple Beth El’s kitchen and delivered Read More …
Today is #GivingTuesday, a chance to give to others after the focus on consumerism in the last several days. It is a global effort to be generous, though local organizations are often the beneficiaries of such efforts. Any number of non-profits and others in Huntington Read More …
Samuel Turvey, Chair of ReThink Penn Station NYC, will be the guest speaker at LIMBA (Long Island Metro Business Action) on Dec.1. This event will take place at the Candlelight Diner, 56 Veterans Memorial Highway in Commack, starting at 8:30 a.m. The topic will be Read More …
Teams are forming to take part in the Town of Huntington’s Polar Plunge on Dec. 10. Several hardy souls, from John Glenn High School, the town and Cameron Engineering, among others, are already collecting donations for the effort, also known as Freezin’ for a Reason. Read More …
The Townwide Fund is sponsoring a pickleball tournament on Dec. 3 at the Huntington YMCA. The schedule is: Mens 10 am Mixed Doubles 12pm Women’s 2pm The tournament will raise funds to support Townwide Fund programs. To register for the tournament The fund is also Read More …
Vincent “Victory” Keaveny is working hard, getting ready to deliver his punches in his first official boxing match Monday, one of several men and women who will trade blows to raise money for charity. The Northport resident, who manages private wealth for Bank of Read More …