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	Working to end hunger on Long Island since 1980.

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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:

The child too young to understand but old enough to feel the pain of hunger.

The elderly who have to choose between keeping warm, getting enough to eat, or receiving medical care.

The unemployed or underemployed who still have to provide for their family.

The person with disabilities who can't get a job and has no place to go.

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 Hunger on Long Island

Volunteers Needed!

Location of Food Drive: 2060 Ninth Avenue, Ronkonkoma. This is right off Veterans Highway (Route 454) between Connetquot River State Park and LI MacArthur Airport. Turn North on 5th Ave, West on Comac St. and North on Ninth Avenue, OR Turn North on 13th Ave, East on Comac St. and North on Ninth Avenue.

Thank you, for a very "Elegant Evening"!

LONG ISLAND CARES 2ND ANNUAL MOTORCYCLE RIDE TO END HUNGER
Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines! (Click the picture. Speakers on, please!)

Former Executive Director
Lynn Needelman's Farewell Letter

The Press Room
is now open for business!

Students representing Longwood High School’s Student Council Executive Committee present a check to Long Island Cares’ Director of Development Robin Amato, proceeds of the Council’s “Awareness Month” highlighting hunger on Long Island. Click the picture for a larger view.

"What is it," you ask? Whale, just click the picture to find out about Canstruction. Keep in mind, the emphasis is on Can! (Don't miss the pix!)

Working, Middle Class Long Islanders Turning to Food Pantries

"These days, food pantries aren't just for the jobless or homeless."

(Click for a larger view.)

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.

To request general information about our organization by e-mail, click here:

Long Island Cares Inc.
10 Davids Drive
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Phone (631) 582-FOOD
Fax (631) 273-2184
E-mail: info@licares.org

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