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‘Hunger in America is the ultimate obscenity’

My parents were worried the moment I laid eyes on the apartment for the very first time. It was the entire top floor of a car dealership just off what would eventually become Interstate 86, at the edge of the Finger Lakes region upstate. This would be my first apartment — my first home outside the family home where I grew up in Pennsylvania. more

By Michael Hinman | 10/26/23

Easy summer living? Not for some children.

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. more

7/13/23

Honor Harry Chapin’s legacy with action to end hunger

If you compiled the names of the most impactful Long Islanders in our history, you’d surely start off with the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, Walt Whitman and Marie Colvin — and in my estimation, Harry Chapin . . . more

By Arnold W. Drucker | 7/13/23

Parents are once again paying for their children’s school meals with the end of the federal universal school meal program, but inflation has food advocates worried they can’t afford it.

Parents are paying up on school meals again. Here's why food advocates are worried they can’t afford it.

Parents of students in Valley Stream — as well as those across the country — are once again forced to pick up the tab for their children’s meals in school after lawmakers in … more

By Juan Lasso | 3/5/23

Alistair Wright, 16, hosted a pickleball tournament on Sunday that benefited the local nonprofit NOSH. The event has raised $4,300 for the organization so far.

Friends Academy teen raises funds for NOSH

A pickleball tournament held over the weekend raised more than $4,300 for a local food pantry in need of help. Alistair Wright, 16, a junior at Friends Academy in Locust Valley, is the founder of … more

By Annemarie Durkin | 1/14/22

Pickleball raises funds for NOSH

A pickleball tournament held over the weekend raised more than $4,300 for a local food pantry in need of help. Alistair Wright, 16, a junior at Friends Academy in Locust Valley, is the founder of … more

By Annemarie Durkin | 1/6/22

Molly Miskiewicz, of West Hempstead, launched Drive Out Hunger in June.

Spreading ‘a little extra love’

With the hope of spreading some Valentine’s Day love, Molly Miskiewicz, of West Hempstead, will host a food drive called “Long Island-tines Day” on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. The … more

By Nakeem Grant | 2/11/21

Molly Miskiewicz, a social work graduate intern in Baldwin, picks up donations from community members and delivers them to local food banks, including the one at St. Christopher’s Church in Baldwin.

Baldwin food pantries aid residents amid coronavirus pandemic

Local efforts to support food banks have kicked up lately as Covid-19 continues to spread throughout the area. Molly Miskiewicz, a social work graduate intern in Baldwin, has been helping deliver … more

By Bridget Downes | 5/14/20

The flier for Hungerthon, Ohav Sholom’s first-ever concert and community food drive.

Ohav Sholom to host Hungerthon on Nov. 9

Congregation Ohav Sholom, in Merrick, will host its first-ever Hungerthon in partnership with Long Island Cares, home of The Harry Chapin Food Bank, on Nov. 9. The fundraiser is a concert/food drive hybrid aimed at helping the hungry on Long Island. more

By Alyssa Seidman | 10/31/19

Nearby things to do this week in Lynbrook, East Rockaway

Enjoy Greis Park and playgrounds with your family and raise money for Island Harvest at the Race for Hunger 5K Run/Walk on Oct. 27 at 9:45 a.m. more

10/24/18