PSEG-LI Tops Goal With Summer Food Drive

PSEG-LI said Monday that its Power to Feed Long Island initiative had raised the equivalent of 21,944 meals, exceeding its goal by nearly a thousand meals. At a press conference at the Melville headquarters of Island Harvest Food Bank, John Keating, manager of economic and Read More …

Food, Household Good Drives This Weekend

Island Harvest and PSEG Long Island will be collecting donations of food, personal care items and pet food Friday  as part of Hunger Action Day. PSEG-LI’s  summer-long community initiative is aimed at collecting the equivalent of 21,000 meals at six events across Long Island from Read More …

Libraries to Host Food Drives on Saturday

Updated: Two local libraries are collecting food Saturday, part of an Island-wide drive to increase the supply for those in need. Both Half Hollow Hills Community Library and the Huntington Public Library will be collecting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Randi Shubin Dresner, president Read More …

Sunday Station Cleanup Combines With Food, Book Drive

The rain-postponed Huntington Station cleanup is set for Sunday and it’s expanded to add a book and food drive. The 10th annual cleanup begins at 10 a.m. with volunteers meeting at 1399 New York Ave., Huntington Station. The Huntington Station Spring Cleanup is coordinated by: Huntington Read More …

Stamp Out Hunger on May 11

Island Harvest Food Bank, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and the United States Postal Service (USPS) are  teaming up on May 11 for the 27th annual  Stamp Out Hunger.® Residents are asked to leave a bag of nonperishable food by their mailbox on Saturday, Read More …

Scouts Collect Food for Island Harvest

Members of Boy Scout Troop 41 helped collect donations of food Saturday at the Stop & Shop, part of a drive to collect 100,000 pounds of food. The “Scouting for Food” drive will help Island Harvest Food Bank provide food to nearly 300,000 Long Islanders. ‘Scouting Read More …

‘Scouting for Food’ Drive Aims to Collect 100,000 Pounds in Donations

Boy Scouts will be out in Huntington and throughout Suffolk County in the coming days to collect 100,000 pounds of food in honor of the organization’s 100th anniversary. The “Scouting for Food” drive will help Island Harvest Food Bank to help provide supplemental food support to Read More …

Halesite Fire Department Collecting Food Donations

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Halesite Fire Department is once again collecting donations of canned food, nonperishables and toiletries to help support the Family Service League. Donations will be accepted at the firehouse, 1 North New York Ave., Halesite, until Dec. 21. A drop box for Read More …

Island Harvest to Honor HHH East Student

    Island Harvest Food Bank will recognize Alec Armyn, a senior at Half Hollow Hills High School East, with its 2018 Student Ambassador Award in recognition of his hunger relief efforts in his community at the hunger-relief organization’s 25th annual Taste of the Harvest Celebration. Longtime Island Read More …

Young Republicans Collect Food for Vets

The Huntington Young Republicans club recently collected more than 1,700 pounds of food in its third annual “Our Town, Our Vets” food drive. Volunteers solicited food donations at four local supermarkets: the Wild by Nature of Huntington Village, the Best Market of East Northport, the Read More …