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This week’s interview features Hometown Helper David Obey, who’s entering his 10th year of volunteering with Long Island’s Family Service League. The Project: There are two programs I volunteer for through Family Service League. One is working at The Community Thrift Shop, pricing donations. Family Read More …
This week’s featured Hometown Helper is Irene Sniffin, a longtime Huntington Historical Society volunteer. The Project: Irene began at the Huntington Historical Society manually indexing the Long Islander from 1839-1862, without any help from computers. Irene has also assisted, and continues to assist, with genealogical research, cataloging, Read More …
To volunteer at all is a noble feat, to volunteer for over 40 years is extraordinary. Meet Mary Brenner, a 94-year-old woman who has volunteered with the Huntington Community First Aid Squad for the last 41 years. Brenner’s home life was immersed in volunteering before Read More …
This week’s Hometown Helper is Janna Zilkha, a 17-year-old student at Half Hollow Hills High School East who combines recycling with charity through her Bottles for Buddies program. The project: In 2013, I started a recycling program called “Bottles For Buddies”. The premise was simple: Read More …
Meet David Altman, 53, the 2019 president of The Huntington Townwide Fund. The project: Started in 1961, The Huntington Townwide Fund was originally affiliated with United Way, which is a national organization. That affiliation ended at least 20 years ago, but the Fund continued on, the Read More …
HuntingtonNow.com is taking a look at those who volunteer their time to make Huntington a better place to live. Name, age, and school: Chas Forte, 16, Huntington High School Organization: Halesite Fire Department The project: I am an ex-captain of the Halesite Fire Department junior firefighter Read More …
With winter holidays in full swing, many fundraisers and projects aim to help those in difficult situations. Ashley Kalb, age 14, and Morgan Mandel, age 13, of Dix Hills created a project geared specifically toward helping teens. “Over the holidays we have students contribute gift Read More …
Meet Carol Pustay, 72, of Huntington, who has logged over 4,000 volunteer hours at Huntington Hospital. Why did you choose this? How did you get started?: I started volunteering at Huntington Hospital before I retired. I had some time on my hands, my children Read More …
The Huntington Community First Aid Squad is looking for more volunteers. On Facebook Monday, it noted its the calls it had recently received, and wrote,“It’s a rainy day and we just had 2 ambulances at Huntington Hospital. As soon as one ambulance returned to headquarters, Read More …
Northwell Health is looking for healthy subjects for an ultrasound study in Manhasset. The purpose of the study is to determine whether ultrasounds affects the markers in a person’s blood that are related to overall health and well-being. Compensation will be provided. For more information, Read More …
Volunteers spread out to Stop & Shop stores around Huntington on Saturday to collect donations of nonperishable food items for Island Harvest. Stopping shoppers as they were entering stores, the volunteers asked them to drop off an item or two when they exited the stores. Read More …
The Huntington First Aid Squad is always looking for new members. If you are interested, here are the steps you need to take. Register for an American Heart Association “BLS Provider” course or the American Red Cross “CPR / AED for Professional Rescuers” course. It takes 6 Read More …