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Welcome to Long Island Cares. It is an indisputable fact that hunger exists on Long Island. It often surprises people to learn that there are many thousands of people who are at risk of hunger on Long Island, a region officially designated as one of the most prosperous in the United States. According to Hunger in America, a comprehensive study of domestic hunger, an estimated 259,000 Long Island residents – including nearly 93,000 children and 39,000 seniors – are hungry. Who are the hungry of Nassau and Suffolk Counties? Among them are:
Hunger on Long Island is growing at an alarming rate. Long Island Cares' goals are to provide emergency food assistance where and when it is needed and to sponsor community programs that help families achieve self-sufficiency. Welcome to the Long Island Cares web site. Use the link bar above to find out more about us, what is happening in our fight against hunger, and how you can help. Some useful shortcut links also appear below. Our hunger glossary may help you to understand some of the terms that you encounter. Click on the Long Island Cares logo on any page where it appears to return to this home page. We hope you enjoy our site and we invite you to contact us about ways to get involved in our community! Thank you for spending time with us.
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Stamp Out
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Thank you, for a very "Elegant Evening"! |
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ISLAND CARES 2ND ANNUAL MOTORCYCLE RIDE TO END HUNGERLadies and Gentlemen, start your engines! (Click the picture. Speakers on, please!) |
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Working,
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Thanks to Newsday Charities for their recent $15,000 grant to Long Island Cares in support of our School Tools Program. Shown above are Tim Knight, Publisher, President and CEO, Newsday; Ken Zone, Operations Manager, Long Island Cares; Deidra Parrish Williams, Newsday Director Community Affairs & Media Relations; and Paul Fleishman, VP of Newsday Public Affairs. |
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Long Island Cares Inc. |
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