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	Working to end hunger on Long Island since 1980.

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Welcome to Long Island Cares.

It is an indisputable fact that hunger exists on Long Island.

It often surprises people to learn that there are many thousands of people who are at risk of hunger on Long Island, a region officially designated as one of the most prosperous in the United States.

According to Hunger in America, a comprehensive study of domestic hunger, an estimated 259,000 Long Island residents – including nearly 93,000 children and 39,000 seniors – are hungry.

Who are the hungry of Nassau and Suffolk Counties? Among them are:

The child too young to understand but old enough to feel the pain of hunger.

The elderly who have to choose between keeping warm, getting enough to eat, or receiving medical care.

The unemployed or underemployed who still have to provide for their family.

The person with disabilities who can't get a job and has no place to go.

Hunger on Long Island is growing at an alarming rate. Long Island Cares' goals are to provide emergency food assistance where and when it is needed and to sponsor community programs that help families achieve self-sufficiency.

Welcome to the Long Island Cares web site. Use the link bar above to find out more about us, what is happening in our fight against hunger, and how you can help. Some useful shortcut links also appear below. Our hunger glossary may help you to understand some of the terms that you encounter. Click on the Long Island Cares logo on any page where it appears to return to this home page.

We hope you enjoy our site and we invite you to contact us about ways to get involved in our community! Thank you for spending time with us.

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Introducing:

Donate your old car to our

Vehicle Donation Program

Harry Chapin - A Celebration in Song Concert CD

America's Second Harvest
is about to become
Feeding America
Read about the change!

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Citi to Host Food Drive to Commemorate "Hunger Action Month"

URGENT! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO CHECK OUT HUNGER!!!!

Long Island Cares is urgently looking for volunteers to assist with their 16^th Annual Check-Out Hunger Campaign in the following areas:

Suffolk: Westhampton, Bridgehampton, Hampton Bays, East Hampton, and Center Moriches.

Nassau: Baldwin, Hewlett, Rockville Centre, East Rockaway, West Hempstead, Port Washington, Long Beach, N. Massapequa, Greenvale, and Valley Stream.

Set up begins October 1^st and requires approximately only one half-hour per week through December.

This program generates much needed funding to help feed approximately 260,000 hungry Long Islanders including 93,000 children and 39,000 senior citizens.

If you can spare one half-hour per week, please join us! We look forward to welcoming you as a member of our team! Call Tina at (631) 582-FOOD (3663) Ext.105

Long Island Cares would like to thank Tony Pitti and his entire crew from Gold Brush Painting for their magnificent work on painting our offices. They did a fabulous job and we are very appreciative of their donation. Thanks, Gold Brush!

A Summer of Music and Giving at Brookhaven Amphitheater to Support Long Island Cares

The Island’s Hunger Pain

Press Releases:

Long Island Cares Distributes Additional Million Pounds of Food

Long Island Artists to Pay Tribute to Harry Chapin

Ask us about Canstruction®!

"What is it," you ask? Whale, just click the picture to find out about Canstruction. Keep in mind, the emphasis is on Can! (Don't miss the pix!)

Pachter Addresses Governor's Economic Security Council On The Needs Of The Hungry On Long Island

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Long Island Cares Inc.
10 Davids Drive
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Phone (631) 582-FOOD
Fax (631) 273-2184
Information Request Form

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