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The Long Island Council of Churches food pantry provides both perishable and non-perishable food items to local families. However, the pantry may have to switch to perishable only if it can’t find a new location to hold its refrigerators and freezers.
Food pantry in Freeport seeks a new location
For months, the Long Island Council of Churches in Freeport has been desperately searching for a new space to operate its food pantry, which provides for needy families in the community. The … more
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Long Island Cares Center for Collaborative Assistance in Freeport located at 21 E Sunrise Hwy provided nearly 587,000 meals in 2023
Long Island Cares receives $25,000 grant
Long Island Cares, the food bank responsible that supplies millions of pounds of food each year to Long Islanders in need, and whose busiest food pantry has operated in Freeport since 2010, has … more
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Long Island Cares, founded by the late Harry Chapin, focused on timely and safe food distribution during the pandemic, providing emergency food and educational resources.
Remembering Long Island Cares' swift response to the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic had a significant impact on Long Island, isolating many residents, especially those already struggling with hunger. In response, Long Island Cares focused on ensuring the … more
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Rebecca Correnti’s second grade class at Leo F. Giblyn Elementary School collected the largest number of food items in the school to donate to Our Holy Redeemer Food Pantry.
Freeport students embrace giving back
The holiday season is upon us and students throughout Freeport Public Schools have enthusiastically embraced assisting those in need through food drives, turkey trots, and fundraisers for local and … more
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The Freeport satellite location sees more than a hundred families in a day
Recent surge at Freeport food pantry
With no end in sight to inflation, Long Island Cares’ Freeport food pantry has had a significant surge in the number of local residents seeking assistance. Long Island Cares saw a 90 percent … more
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Readers tell their Covid stories in 50 words, or more
In the Dec. 2-8 issue, I invited readers to say how they were getting through the coronavirus pandemic so far, noting that all eyes were on the Omicron variant, and that our stories would surely evolve. Thank you so much for sharing these snippets of your lives. more
The Freeport-Merrick Rotary food drive has a convenient drop-off point for nonperishable items at 294 W. Merrick Rd. in Freeport.
Rotary partners with local food pantries
Freeport-Merrick Rotary President Marc Rigueur wrote a message to the public regarding the Rotary’s two-month campaign (Oct. 1-Nov. 26) to collect food for needy Long Islanders. more
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Volunteers carried boxes of food into the soup kitchen on Monday.
Soup to Nuts Soup Kitchen adjusts to pandemic
“What does a soup kitchen do in the middle of a pandemic when gathering for a meal is not safe or permitted?” asked Steve Greenfield, vice president of the Baldwin Civic Association. He … more
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With pandemic abating, town’s on the road to recovery
It is an understatement to say that the coronavirus pandemic has had profoundly negative impacts on the health and well-being of Americans, as well as the job market, personal finances and the economy. more
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Alfonso Martinez, left, Our Holy Redeemer Church’s human services director, and pantry volunteeers accepted gift cards from Jenny Jorge, right, Gala Foods' vice president of operations.
Gala Foods Supermarket donates $2,500 to Freeport pantry
Gala Foods Supermarket in Freeport today donated $2,500 worth of gift cards to Our Holy Redeemer church food pantry in Freeport to support local residents in need during the Covid-19 pandemic. … more
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