"In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf."
That’s how the journey started for Eric Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar, the beloved character from his acclaimed picture book …
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By Danielle Schwab
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2/21/24
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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.
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7/13/23
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Local food pantries, including the St. Christopher’s Parish pantry in Baldwin, have been feeling the toll of the coronavirus pandemic. But Town of Hempstead officials announced last week that a …
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7/9/20
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Local congregations in Wantagh and Seaford are doing their part to combat hunger. “The need is great and getting greater,” said Ele Ruth Melendez, the director of social ministry at St. Frances de Chantal Church.
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By Laura Schofer
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11/26/14
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’Tis the season of holiday lights and holy nights, of children’s smiling faces, giddy gift-opening, half-price sales and the festive if frenetic bustle of store-to-store shopping.
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12/5/13
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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.
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9/20/12
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On August 1, eleven Atria communities on Long Island gave their time and resources to prepare and serve food for more than 1,000 hungry and homeless people across the Island at local Interfaith …
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By Mary Malloy
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8/16/12
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Eliminating global hunger is a daunting, seemingly insurmountable task that will require the joint efforts of countless people and organizations around the world to coordinate and organize and fight together. In the midst of this effort is Merrick native Daniel Bornstein, who considers himself a hybrid –– simultaneously a scholar and an activist.
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By Alex Krinsky
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7/27/11
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Students at the Sacred Heart School in North Merrick pulled out all the stops to feed the hungry this Thanksgiving. Beside their normal collection of food items and monetary donations for the Sacred Heart food pantry, the students held a bake sale on Nov. 22 and a "$5 Soup Lunch" on Nov. 23, with all proceeds benefiting the Sacred Heart pantry.
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11/26/10
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The Greek Orthodox Church of Island Park is offering a free Thanksgiving lunch to those in need on Sunday, Nov. 22.
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11/13/09
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