The last time Randi Shubin Dresner, 55, stood on the stage at Woodland Middle School, she was a student, receiving an award from social studies teacher Gerald Schehr for her community service …
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By Julie Mansmann
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3/24/16
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For most people, Thanksgiving is a time for families to reconnect and bond over heaping plates of turkey and sides. For over a quarter-million Long Islanders, however, Thanksgiving is just another …
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By Steve Smirti
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11/27/15
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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.
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5/5/15
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It was four days before Thanksgiving when Joanne Kassebaum, director of the food pantry at Christ Alive Church on East Meadow Avenue, got a call that warmed her heart.
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By David Weingrad
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12/10/14
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Teachers at Bellmore’s Shore Road School challenged sixth-graders with an important task before they moved on to Grand Avenue Middle School: help those in need across Long Island.
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/16/14
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Fifteen Mepham High School students hoped that the odds would be “ever in their favor” on April 24 at the first-ever Poetry Games. In honor of National Poetry Month, the school hosted a …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/7/14
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The League of Women Voters of SW Nassau will host a discussion, “Hidden Hunger on Long Island,” on Thursday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library at 1125 Broadway in Hewlett.
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11/25/13
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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.
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10/10/13
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Answering a call to help end childhood hunger on Long Island, Lynbrook North and South middle schools teamed up with Stop & Shop supermarket to participate in a food drive challenge to benefit …
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By Mary Malloy
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2/27/13
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Representatives of Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization, held a meeting at Molly College in Rockville Centre on Jan. 9 to discuss the state of its organization following …
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David Weingrad and Aaron Axelson
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1/15/13
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