FOOD DONATION NEEDED—and plastic bags!

Our Riverhead Emergency Food Center (407 Osborne Avenue at Lincoln) has nearly run out of food, even after a large bulk food purchase. We fed 44 families in a single day recently and we do not have the money to make further purchases: so far this year, expenses have outstripped donations for Riverhead. We particularly need donations of canned meat, vegetables, macaroni & cheese, cereal, pancake syrup, peanut butter and jelly, and pasta and sauce--and any kind of non-perishable food is welcome. We will even take fruitcake! The best time to drop off donations is Monday through Friday, 9:00 to 4:30. Please call first (631-727-2210) before coming some other time, and please do not bring clothing at this time--we have plenty to give away.

Our Freeport Emergency Food Center (450 North Main Street) particularly needs plastic bags, peanut butter & Jelly, tuna, hash, stew, macaroni and cheese, pork and beans, mashed potatoes, fruit, pancake syrup, Jello, baby diapers (all sizes) and baby formula (particularly Similac or Enfamil LIPIL with iron)—and nonperishable food of all kinds is always welcome. The best times to drop these off are Monday through Friday between 10 and 4. Please call first if you plan to come some other time. We also need a vacuum cleaner and volunteers to take bagged food from our Freeport emergency food center to our Hempstead office. If you can help with this, or with food pickups occasionally from other locations for our Freeport and Riverhead food centers, please call Barbara Harrison at 516-868-4989 or Alric Kennedy at 516-565-0290 ext. 204 or Carolyn Gumbs or Olga Torres at 631-727-2210. 

With food pantries and soup kitchens being overwhelmed across the Island, it is worth passing the word that the Community Supplemental Food Program/FAN offers free food to eligible seniors. Those 60 and older whose gross monthly income is less than $1108 ($1485 for a couple) can receive cheese, milk, cereal, juice, canned fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, and more. For more information in Nassau or Suffolk, call 631-491-4169 or 631-491-4156.

Space Available for groups in Dix Hills

Classrooms and all-purpose room available, educational/cultural groups preferred. Handicapped accessible and conveniently located between Northern State and Long Island Expressway. Contact Pastor David Czeisel at 631-499-2831.

Space Available for groups in Dix Hills

Classrooms and all-purpose room available, educational/cultural groups preferred. Handicapped accessible and conveniently located between Northern State and Long Island Expressway. Contact Pastor David Czeisel at 631-499-2831.