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‘Hunger in America is the ultimate obscenity’
My parents were worried the moment I laid eyes on the apartment for the very first time. It was the entire top floor of a car dealership just off what would eventually become Interstate 86, at the edge of the Finger Lakes region upstate. This would be my first apartment — my first home outside the family home where I grew up in Pennsylvania. more
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Easy summer living? Not for some children.
Summer leaves some school-aged kids scrambling to find a healthy meal, since they can’t depend on the federally subsidized breakfast and lunch programs at their school. more
Honor Harry Chapin’s legacy with action to end hunger
If you compiled the names of the most impactful Long Islanders in our history, you’d surely start off with the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, Walt Whitman and Marie Colvin — and in my estimation, Harry Chapin . . . more
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Organizers Michelle Kelly, left, and Debora Staiano at the Empty Bowls fundraiser in 2014.
Empty Bowls fundraiser helps local food pantries
The sixth annual Empty Bowls fundraiser is set for March 18 to spread awareness of hunger and homelessness and raise money for local food pantries. Coordinated by Bags of Hope, Debora Staiano and … more
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DJ Serenade, left, Keira Fitzgerald, Saoirse Ferrick, Debora Staiano, Charlotte Kyle, Earth Arts owner Michelle Kelly, Mandy Resnick, Allie Kyle and Savannah Kyle at the Empty Bowls dinner party on March 19.
Empty Bowls, full hearts
The fifth annual Empty Bowls fundraiser was held on March 19 to raise money for local food pantries. Debora Staiano and Earth Arts owner Michelle Kelly coordinated Sunday’s pasta dinner where … more
The United States Postal Service delivered more than 100,000 brown paper bags across Long Island this week to accommodate donations to the collection, which benefits Island Harvest Food Bank.
Stamp out hunger on Saturday
Community members are invited to stamp out hunger this Saturday by participating in the nation’s largest single-day food drive. The collection benefits Island Harvest Food Bank — a … more
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On May 9, Island Harvest is teaming up with U.S. Postal Letter Carriers to help feed the hungry.
Island Harvest to help Stamp Out Hunger on May 9
Long Islanders who want to participate will set out non-perishable food by their mailboxes on May 9, which will then be picked up by their letter carriers while delivering the day’s mail. more
Hunger is all around us, yet it doesn't have to be
The recent vote by Congress to cut $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the food stamp program known as SNAP — over the next 10 years is alarming. more
Island Harvest President and CEO Randi Shubin Dresner, far left, and staff and volunteers have been aiding hurricane victims across Long Island.
Relieving hunger across Long Island
Asked what makes Island Harvest so successful, its president and CEO, Randi Shubin Dresner, answered with a single word: “Passion.” more
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On an island of plenty, hunger abounds
When people in other parts of the country think of Long Island, they may imagine lavish Hamptons soirees attended by A-list Hollywood glitterati. They see Gold Coast palaces. But this American paradise has a desperate side that is too often hidden by the glare of its wealth. more
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