The annual Hoops for Hopes basketball game was played at Hewlett High School last Friday and featured the Bulldogs playing Division High School. Peninsula Kiwanis presented checks of $1,000 each to SIBSPlace and Long Island Cares.
SIBSPlace, is a Hewlett-based South Nassau Communities Hospital program that serves children, ages 5-17, living with a sibling or parent who has cancer or another serious or devastating illness.
Long Island Cares/ The Harry Chapin Food Bank provides a broad scope of programs, including food drives, hunger education, job training, kids cafes, mobile outreach vans, teaching children how to do better in school and food pantries.