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Fight Hunger on Long Island!
ORGANIZATION: Long Island Cares, Inc., The Harry Chapin Food Bank
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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299 people are interested
Long Island Cares frequently needs volunteers to help sort and pack donations, attend weekend food drives (at various supermarket locations across Long Island), serve clients at our food pantries, help out at events, and other various tasks. Opportunities vary from one day to occasional to weekly. If you would like to help, please visit our website, www.licares.org and register as a volunteer, or email the volunteer coordinator at licvolunteer@licares.org for more information. If you register as a volunteer, you will be sent information about volunteering and our current volunteer opportunities.
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About Long Island Cares, Inc., The Harry Chapin Food Bank
Location:
10 Davids Dr., Hauppauge, NY 11788, US
Mission Statement
The Mission of Long Island Cares is to bring together all available resources for the benefit of the hungry on Long Island. Long Island Cares provides emergency food where and when it is needed, sponsors programs that help families achieve self-sufficiency, and educates the general public about the causes and consequences of hunger on Long Island. 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.
Description
Long Island Cares - the Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank was founded in 1980 by the late singer/activist Harry Chapin in response to the needs of hungry Long Islanders. Approximately 283,700 people on Long Island receive emergency food each year - 64,900 people every week.
Long Island Cares serves more than 374 member agencies operating 567 programs: food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, group homes, day treatment facilities, senior nutrition sites and day care centers. Long Island Cares is by far the single most important source of food for agencies with emergency food providers, accounting for 69% of the food distributed by pantries, 39% of the food distributed by kitchens and 45% of the food distributed by shelters.
We also address the causes of hunger through Community Outreach Programs that work with individuals most at risk of needing emergency food assistance during their lifetime, helping them acquire job skills and confidence to make them self-sufficient. To help veterans facing financial hardship and food insecurity, Long island Cares also offers several focused veterans’ service programs.
Long Island Cares also helps families keep their pets at home - where they belong. Baxter’s Pet Pantry was developed in partnership with the Animal Relief Fund (ARF) making free pet food and pet supplies available to pet-owning families in need across Long Island. Baxter’s Pet Pantry also offers toys, pet clothes, feeding bowls, cat litter and other pet supplies.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations Hauppauge, NY 11788
DATE POSTED
November 30, 2023
SKILLS
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Warehousing
- Administrative Support
- Community Outreach
- Bus/Van Driving
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 9
- Varies