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Founded by the late Harry Chapin
Long Island Cares – The Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank has been on a mission to feed Long Islanders facing food insecurity and address its root causes since our founding by the late Harry Chapin in 1980.
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Newsroom
December 2025
LIBN
New Leaders Take Charge as Long Island Execs Steps Down in 2025
LI Herald
Reyna Felix is on the Frontline Against Hunger in Freeport
LI Herald
Nichole Rojas, Valley Stream Herald 2025 Person of the Year: Putting Compassion at the Center of Community Care
Newsday TV
LI nonprofits, food pantries seeing uptick in people seeking help
LIBN
100k Donated to Long Island Food Bank to Fight Hunger
News 12
Long Island Cares Gears Up for the December Holiday Season
November 2025
LI Herald
Valley Stream Long Island Cares pantry saw 120 percent spike after SNAP interruption
Patch
Nearly $47K Raised By Chefs Against Hunger To Feed Long Island Families
News 12 Long Island
Food pantries see surge in demand during government shutdown, ahead of holidays
Newsday TV
LI nonprofits, food pantries seeing uptick in people seeking help
Newsday
How to help Long Island SNAP recipients as benefits
delay continues amid government shutdown
Newsday
SNAP benefits need full funding
Newsday
2 LI food banks assist federal workers missing paychecks
Newsday
Charities team up during shutdown
October 2025
Newsday
Long Island food banks ramp up as SNAP benefits set to end Saturday
New York Post
USDA announces no federal SNAP benefits will be delivered over government shutdown, blames Democrats
Newsday
Long Island Cares distributes food to federal workers who aren’t being paid during government shutdown
Patch
Free Food Distribution For Laid-Off Federal Workers Coming to Hauppauge
LI PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Newsday
Alex Carrero, of Brentwood, a warehouse manager at Long Island Cares in Hauppauge, has been promoted to director of warehousing.
LI PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Newsday
Colleen Kiker, of Sound Beach, has been hired as retail stores donation coordinator at Long Island Cares in Hauppauge.
Newsday
Shutdown May Hold Up Food Assistance for 160K on LI
Long Island Business News
Katherine Fritz Named Long Island Cares CEO
Huntington Now
Long Island Cares Names New CEO
TBR Newsmedia
Long Island Cares – The Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank names new President & CEO
Newsday
Long Island Cares names CEO
Huntington Now
LI Cares Offers Help to Federal Government Workers in Shutdown
September 2025
Telemundo 47
Donaciones llenan las despensas comunitarias
The Garden City News
Food drive held at Friday Night Promenade
LI Times
Brokers group donates $6,400 to Long Island Cares
Long Island Business News
On Our Island: CIBS donation and Girl Scouts cleanup support Long Island
Newsday
Top chefs help fight LI hunger
Yahoo! News
Long Island Cares Receives Support From Corporations For National Hunger Action Month
Patch
Long Island Cares Receives Support From Corporations For National Hunger Action Month
August 2025
Newsday
Long Island’s elderly population is growing, and so is the group’s poverty rate, report finds
MSN
Hungry In The Hamptons: Food Pantry Receives $50K Grant To Combat Food Insecurity On East End
Long Island Business News
NY grant boosts food aid for East End veterans and families
Newsday
Free Food for Seniors: Annual Long Island Cares resource fair helps them cope with rising prices, limited income
Newsday
Seniors get free fresh produce in annual Long Island Cares fair to help them cope with rising food prices
Newsday
Volunteers of LI: Helping feed Long Islanders in need
LI PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Newsday
Marc Leonelli, of Holbrook, has been promoted to network relations manager at Long Island Cares in Hauppauge. Nichole Rojas, of Elmont, has been promoted to program coordinator…
July 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Food Banks Are Running Out of Food Exactly When More Americans Will Need Them
Patch
Harry Chapin Tribute Concert Coming To Huntington’s Heckscher Park
Patch
2025 Gold Coast East Cycling Event To Benefit Various Long Island Charities
Newsday
Summer food program for youths begins, with more than 2,500 sites
Patch
Free Farmers Market For Seniors Coming To Hauppauge, Hosted By Long Island Cares And PSEG
Newsday
How to save on groceries: Tips for Long Island shoppers
June 2025
Newsday
LI nonprofits are pushed to the brink, and barely hanging on
LI Herald
Freeport and Roosevelt kids fed all summer through Long Island Cares meal program
CBS Sunday Morning
Harry Chapin: Songwriter, activist and father
CBS News
This week on “Sunday Morning”
Massapequa Herald Post
Long Island Cares’ Paule Pachter retires
Long Island Press
HIA-LI trade show signs of strong economy despite uncertainty
Patch
Paule Pachter Plans To Retire As Long Island Cares CEO
TBR Newsmedia
Lyla Petroske combines art and altruism in upcoming exhibition at Studio 268
Yahoo! Finance
PuroClean Honors Local Leaders with PuroClean Cares® National Superhero Day Campaign
Newsday
Long Island Cares president Paule Pachter says he plans to retire
News12 Long Island
Taxing Long Island: Pet owners turn to pantries to offset high price of food
May 2025
Newsday
Food Insecurity – Household hunger on LI getting worse, advocates say
News12 Long Island
Long Island Cares: Large increase in Long Islanders struggling with food insecurity
Newsday TV+
Reports: Food insecurity surges on LI
Huntington Now
Ellie Crowley: Uplifting Spirits One Rock at a Time
Patch
Food Demand At LI Cares Pantries Has Increased 30% Since 2023, Charity Says
Newsday
Will you help the hungry?
Newsday
Hempstead Town orders closure of food pantry operating out of home
Herald Valley Stream
Washington yanks food aid from L.I. Cares
WLIW
Suffolk judge rules to allow continued construction of Shinnecock gas station
Newsday
NYS comptroller: Food prices in region that includes Long Island increased by 25% since 2019
April 2025
hmTv
Ep 86: Ordinary Heroes with Bernie Furshpan and guest Paul Pachter on hmTv
Newsday
LIC, a provider to Nassau Community College
SBU Journalism
The Big Show – April 28, 2025
LI Herald
Raina Joseph volunteers at Long Island Cares pantry
Patch
‘A Servant’s Heart’: Former Teacher Volunteers at LI Cares Food Pantry
Patch
LI Cares Hosts Farmingdale State College Students For Can Castle Event
Patch
LI Man Who Experienced Food Insecurity Gives Back To The Hungry
Patch
Retired Teacher Volunteers at LI Cares’s Huntington Station Food Pantry
MSN
Assemblyman Hosts Annual Pet Food Drive Through May
Patch
Long Island Man Spends Retirement Volunteering For Various Causes
Long Island Press
Long Island food banks struggle amid USDA program cuts
Patch
LI Man, Legally Blind, Volunteers At Long Island Cares: ‘Automatic Impulse’
March 2025
Newsday
USDA Cuts Affect LIC
Patch
Veterans Resource Fair And Food Distribution Coming To Hauppauge
Patch
John Glenn’s World Language Honor Society Lends Girl Scout A Hand
Huntington Now
Long Island Cares Brings Choice to Farm to Truck Program
Patch
LI Cares Unveils New Farmers Market Truck, Estimated To Feed 250 Per Week
Long Island Business News
Long Island Cares rolls out new farmers market truck
Newsday
USDA Cuts to Hit LI Food Banks
LI Business
Priced Out of Living on Long Island
Long Island Business News
Losing a lifeline: Nonprofits panic over proposed federal cuts
Newsday
Poll: Long Islanders have more debt, less money for food
February 2025
Patch
New Hope Born After Avian Flu: 3.7K Crescent Duck Farm Eggs Hatch.
LI People on the move
Newsday
Christine Castiblanco, of East Northport, joins Long Island Cares.
Patch
WLIR’s Larry ‘The Duck,’ Dunn Named To Massapequa HS Hall Of Fame
Patch
King Kullen and Wild by Nature Raise $16,000 for LI Cares
Long Island Business News
On Our Island: Wegmans donates $5k in support of LI Cares food bank
Newsday
Farmingdale Women’s Club gathers food for students over winter break
Patch
LI Cares Employees, ‘Behind-The-Scenes-Champions,’ Teach Healthy Eating On A Budget
Patch
LI Cares Lauds Free Breakfast, Lunch For School Children In Proposed NYS Budget
Huntington Village Life magazine
The Harry Chapin Food Bank: ‘A Mission to End Food Insecurity’
January 2025
Newsday
MLK Day celebrations on Long Island, NYC urge people to ‘march forward’
Newsday
Trump Inauguration Day: Scenes from Long Island, NYC and Washington
Newsday
Freeze on federal money for LI nonprofits: Chaos reigns over Trump order
Huntington NOW
President Carter, Harry Chapin and Huntington
Newsday
Freeze on federal money for LI nonprofits: Chaos reigns over Trump order
Queens Gazette
Will Sing For Food Winter Concert
Business News Long Island
On Our Island: H2M assists LI Cares with $5K donation
The Garden City News
Will Sing For Food concert heads (slightly) west
News 12 Long Island
Bills fans come together in Huntington Station for community and charity
The Beacon
Annual Long Island Cares fundraiser set for Feb. 6 by Knights of Columbus
Patch
Will Sing For Food To Perform NYC Concert For Long Island Cares
Patch
‘Folkie Fest’ Heading To East Hampton Soon
Newsday
NYS law expands food composting, donation requirements for large producers