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04.10.2020 COVID-19

Supplies at Riverhead’s mobile food pantry run out in about an hour

Stotzky Park was converted into a mobile food pantry Friday afternoon during a drive that saw hundreds line up to access food donated by Island Harvest. An assembly line...

04.09.2020 COVID-19

Food distribution coming to Stotzky Park in Riverhead Friday

Riverhead Town is partnering with the Island Harvest food bank for a drive-up/walk-up food distribution center at Stotzky Park Friday, the town announced in a press release. Food will...

06.26.2019 Community

Community Food Distribution Day coming to Riverhead Thursday

RISE Life Services, a nonprofit that provides support, housing and services for physically and mentally challenged people and their families, will partner with Island Harvest to host a Community...

06.28.2017 Community

Riverhead businessman donates warehouse to Island Harvest Food Bank

Island Harvest Food Bank has been helping families for 25 years through programs that provide nutritious food in times of need, whether it be weekly through their Weekend Backpack...

01.22.2015 Riverhead School District

Phillips Avenue school opens food pantry

Phillips Avenue Elementary School in Riverside will open the district’s first school food pantry today. Principal Debra Rodgers said closet space was recently converted into a food pantry as...

07.24.2014 Community

L.I. Cares launches summer food program at Stotzky Park

A 2010 study by food bank L.I. Cares showed that 39 percent of the 283,700 Long Islanders who receive emergency food each year are children under 18 years of...

02.06.2014 Agriculture

U.S. farm bill cutting NY’ers SNAP benefits

Area food pantries and soup kitchens are preparing for an uptick in demand as some eastern Suffolk County households that currently receive assistance from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

06.26.2013 News

Library serves as summer lunch spot for underprivileged kids

Most children count down the days until school gets out for summer, but for those who receive their only meal of the day during school hours, the thought of...

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