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Calendar Of Events
June 2018
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We're Seeking Solutions for Food Insecurity
You can host a food drive to help:
Find a location to host your drive, tell your friends, and have fun with it!
Register your Food Drive with Long Island Cares. We encourage local business owners, schools, and organizations to take part. We'll even help you promote it through our social media channels. Contact Billy (
[email protected]) to find out more!
You can also
run a virtual food drive! Our friends at YouGiveGoods.com have made it very easy to help fill our Food Bank! This service is free to use, and allows for you to share your drive with even more people, giving your drive an extra boost!
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Swing By One Of These Sweet Summer Events
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HIA-LI's Annual Summer Food Drive is back!
Running from June 1
- August 31
businesses all across the island team together to raise 100,000 pounds of food to fight summer hunger! For more information, and to get your business/organization involved, please visit
this link
. You don't have to be a member of HIA-LI to join; everybody is welcome! Can't hold a physical food drive, but want to participate? Host a virtual food drive.
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
NYCB LIVE is hosting a food drive in conjunction with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's Soul2Soul The World Tour 2018.
The Soul2Soul World Tour - which is approaching 1 million in attendance on its initial trek - has consistently stunned audiences across North America with its sharp production, deep catalog of hits, and McGraw & Hill's palpable chemistry. Stop by the LIC Booth on the plaza of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum before the June 14th concert to show your support with non-perishable food items!
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Will Sing For Food Presents the 2018 Vineyard Jam
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"Kick Off Summer" Stuff-a-Truck
Join us as we partner with select King Kullen locations for our
"Kick Off to Summer" Stuff-a-Truck series. We'll be collecting non-perishable food items at the following King Kullen locations from 10am-6pm.
Saturday, June 2 & Sunday, June 3
2730 Sunrise Highway, Bellmore
Saturday, June 9 & Sunday, June 10 50 New York Avenue, Huntington
Saturday, June 16 598 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage
Saturday, June 23 & Sunday, June 24
440 West Sunrise Highway, Patchogue
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Long Island Cares Gets Rugged
Looking for something challenging and exciting to do this summer?! Join Team Long Island Cares at the July 21st Long Island Rugged Maniac (www.ruggedmaniac.com) at the Long Island Sports Park in Calverton. We'll be set-up in the festival area to collect food items, and will be participating in the obstacle course run as a team! If you're interested in joining, please contact our Team Captain at [email protected].
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Join Us For One Of These Special Events
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22nd Annual Golf Outing At Meadow Brook Club
Honoring Rich Humann, Chariman, President, and CEO of H2M architects & Engineers.
The Spring golf outing was postponed due to rain and will now be held on
Thursday
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August 16
at Meadow Brook Club in
Jericho.
Every year we come together for a round of golf, followed by a cocktail hour, dinner, and an auction.
Please be sure to join us
while we support an important cause.
Tickets are on sale now! Please support the golf classic by purchasing a tee sign or taking a sponsorship. Call Cheryl Steinhauer at (631) 582-3663 (ext. 104) or
check us out online
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Join Us For The Marcum Workplace Challenge
The Marcum Workplace Challenge is once again upon us! This year is the 13th Annualm Marcum Challenge that brings together 12,000 participants from 195 corporate teams. The best part: it's all for charity. Long Island's largest run-walk for charity has raised $800,000 since 2006. Long Island Cares is grateful to once again be a beneficiary of this incredible event.
On July 31 (that's a Tuesday), you can find us under the Long Island Cares tent. The event will bring together corporations, businesses, and non-profits from all over Long Island as we race forward for a brighter future. Registration begins at 2pm and the race kicks off at 7 o'clock sharp. Awards follow immediately after at 8:30pm.
It's all going down at Jones Beach, in the field 5 parking lot. See you there!
Click here to register your team
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Great South Bay Music Festival
Long Island Cares will be pouring beer at the Great South Bay Music Festival from July 12-July 15. Tips from the
small beer tent will be donated to Long Island Cares, The Harry Chapin Food Bank. Find out more
here.
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Thank You To Everybody Who Participated In Casual For The Cause
Donations and photos are still rolling in from "Casual For The Cause." Please send yours if you haven't yet!
We would also like to extend a huge thank you to all the businesses who participated, dressed-down, and got a little festive for the cause.
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All LI Petco
locations are official pet food donation centers for Long Island Cares. We accept pet food for ALL pets including but not limited to dogs, cats, ferrets, bunnies, caged pets, reptiles, fish, and others. Please note only unopened pet food and new accessories are accepted.
Shopping at any of these Old Navy or Marshalls stores? Don't forget your bag of non-perishables for donation!
Old Navy -
Bay Shore, Bohemia, Hicksville, Huntington, Lake Grove, Levittown, West Babylon
Marshalls -
Commack, East Islip, Huntington, Jericho, Melville, Miller Place, North Massapequa, Patchogue, Shirley, Stony Brook , West Babylon
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Stopping at any of
these libraries
?
Don't forget to bring your non-perishables for donation!
Commack Branch of the Smithtown Library
Commack Library
Comsewogue Library
Copiague Library
Deer Park Library
East Islip Library
Floral Park Library
Freeport Library
Hauppauge Library
Huntington Library
Islip Library
Kings Park Library
Locust Valley Library
Merrick Library
Oceanside Library
Sachem Public Library
Seaford Public Library
Smithtown Library
Wantagh Library
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Here are a few locations that collect year round!
A-1 Roofing: 51 Nesconset Highway, Port Jefferson Station
American Pool: 107 Bridge Road Islandia
Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci: 630 New York Avenue, Suite D Huntington
Clovis Point Vineyard and Winery: 1935 Main Road Jamesport
Fleet Appliance: 501 W Main Street Patchogue
Huntington Arts Council: 213 Main Street Huntington
LI Drum Center: 1460 Old Country Rd Plainview
Party Hardy: 145 Smithtown Blvd. Nesconset
Party Hardy: 159-8 New York 25A Miller Place
Pet Supplies Plus: 126 E. Main Street, Smithtown
Port Jeff Salt Cave: 320 Main Street, Port Jefferson
Suffolk County Girl Scouts: 442 Moreland Rd. Commack
Suffolk County Girl Scouts: 1500 Lakeview Ave
Suffolk County Girl Scouts: 854 East Main St. Riverhead
South Shore Medical Care: 4681 Veterans Memorial Highway in Holbrook
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All LI Cares sites accept donations during these hours:
Warehouse - 10 Davids Drive Hauppauge
M-F 8:30AM to 4:15PM
220 Broadway Huntington Station
MWF 8:30AM - 3:30PM / T&TH 9:30AM-4:30PM
84 Pine St. Freeport
MWF 8:30AM - 3:30PM / TU 8:30AM - 5:30PM / TH 10:30am-5:30pm
163 N. Wellwood Ave. Lindenhurst
MWF 8:30AM - 3:30PM / TU 8:30AM - 5:30PM /TH 9:30-4:30
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