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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano today announced that the County, FEMA, Island Harvest and the Red Cross began distributing food and drink to thousands of residents impacted by the damage …
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11/2/12
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The superstorm called Hurricane Sandy will surely go down as one of the U.S.’s most costly and crippling storms, ripping a $20 billion swath of destruction up the Eastern Seaboard, and Long Island’s South Shore was front and center amid the tumult as Sandy’s northern end lashed communities from Bellmore to Valley Stream and from Long Beach to Rockville Centre.
Now, after the flooding and the fires, the anxiety and fear, the South Shore must slowly rebuild, one home, one school, one business at a time.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/31/12
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Jared Benatar, 17, started volunteering with hunger-relief organization Island Harvest nearly four years ago.
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By Shannon Koehle
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10/5/12
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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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Barnum Woods fifth-grader Sophie Di Scala, 11, decided to collect donations for Island Harvest after reading about a Wisconsin 12-year-old, Zach Harmon, who was able to collect more than 2,000 donations last April.
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By Shannon Koehle
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5/25/12
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As the holiday season approaches, many of us are planning celebrations. We enjoy the tradition of giving gifts to loved ones, thanking those with whom we’ve shared joy and love throughout the year. We have giving on our minds.
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11/17/11
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Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization, recently received a $10,000 grant from the We Care fund to help fight hunger on Long Island. The We Care fund is the charitable arm of the Nassau County Bar Association and since its establishment in 1988, has provided more than $2 million in grants to charitable causes, including to soup kitchens in Nassau County.
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Shannon Pandaliano
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8/10/11
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On a recent sunny Thursday, Wilbur Sanchez spoke in slow, deliberate English as he pointed out vegetables amid the greenery fanning out around him. Sanchez noted the peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers hanging from tall plants in a red box before him. In a second box to his right were chives, oregano and lettuce. In the middle of the garden, watermelon vines looped in all directions. At the back, cornstalks popped out above still more pepper plants.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/3/11
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Island Harvest and East Meadow Soccer Club celebrated their Partnership Kick-Off event on June 12 at Speno Park located in East Meadow.
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7/7/11
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Put on your running or walking shoes and head out to Wantagh Park for the 8 a.m. registration before the 9 a.m. “Ellen Gordon CPAs 4(a): Cause” walk and run on Saturday, June 18. Proceeds from the run/walk will benefit Island Harvest, the largest hunger relief organization on Long Island.
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6/9/11
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