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Cinema Arts Centre is hosting a documentary this weekend that explores the contributions and value of arts to the community, featurng the late co-founders of Cinema Arts, Vic Skolnick, and the Inter-Media Arts Center, Michael Robard. The documentary, Impresarios and Visionaries, includes a section on Read More …
Suffolk County Legislator Tom Donnelly is hosting a pet food drive now through the end of May. Donnelly’s district office is serving as a drop-off location for the 13th Legislative Pet Food Drive where much-needed pet food and supplies will be collected to benefit Baxter’s Read More …
Members of 100 Women of Huntington selected an inclusive program for teens and children Monday night as the latest recipient of its support. The group, which met at Town Hall, includes numerous women who are leaders in business, cultural, medical and other fields. After drawing Read More …
David Herold, a resident of Huntington Bay, has been named president of the board of directors for Long Island Cares. Herold has been a member of the board since 2009, and in 2019 received the group’s Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award. “Around Thanksgiving in 2006, I Read More …
Musicians from the musical instrument company D’Addario & Co. performed Thursday night on the Chapin Rainbow stage at Heckscher Park to support Long Island Cares. Volunteers for the food bank, which was founded by the late singer Harry Chapin, collected donations of food and money, Read More …
Dr. Jessica Rosati of Long Island Cares says that more people need help getting adequate amounts of food. Read More …
A Huntington comedy show scheduled for May 12 will benefit Long Island Cares. The show, Return of the 50 Foot Woman, produced by SLAM Cxmedy, will feature comedians who have appeared on HBO, The Late Show, Adult Swim, and other venues. Tickets are $20 and Read More …
When a larger-than-life bust of iconic folk musician Harry Chapin is officially unveiled at the offices of Long Island Cares on Friday, serendipity will have a small role. The late Huntington Bay musician, who died in a crash on the Long Island Expressway on July Read More …
A Nassau County legislator is proposing to designate July 16 Harry Chapin Day in Nassau County. The Huntington singer-songwriter, who died in 1981, was a philanthropist and activist on hunger issues. Legislator Arnold W. Drucker, D-Plainview, joined Harry Chapin’s son, Josh, and leaders of Long Read More …
St. Hugh’s Church, partnering with the Harry Chapin Food Bank, will host a distribution of 4,000 meals to those in need on March 6. Three Huntington restaurants–Prime, RaCha Thai Cuisine and Blind Bat Brewery Bistro–are contributing the full meals and soups. Funding has been provided Read More …
Long Island Cares is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, with a “Wild About Harry” concert series. Members of the Chapin family, featuring Tom Chapin, Jen Chapin, and the Chapin sisters, will perform Friday from the Chapin Rainbow Stage in Read More …
The last time that a president of the United States convened a Commission on Hunger was in September of 1978, when the late singer, Grammy Award winning songwriter, and Long Island hunger activist Harry Chapin successfully lobbied former President Jimmy Carter to convene such a Read More …