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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Long Island Board of Realtors Huntington Chapter Provides Support to
Address Hunger on Long Island
 May 2008 - West Babylon, NY - Members of the
Huntington Chapter of the Long Island Board of Realtors® presented
a check for $1,000 to Long Island Cares, The Harry Chapin Food Bank to
support efforts to fight hunger on Long Island. The donation will
be matched by a private foundation as part of The Feinstein Challenge
that supported several Long Island based not-for-profit organizations
including Long Island Cares during the month of April.
Long Island Cares was founded in 1980 by the late singer/songwriter
and activist Harry
Chapin in response to the immediate needs of hunger on Long Island,
and it is continued today by his wife and partner Sandy Chapin. In
the years since Harry passed, Long Island Cares has become an organized
force of caring, dedicated people making a difference in the fight against
hunger on Long Island. The mission of Long Island Cares is to bring
together all available resources for the benefit of the hungry on Long
Island. The organization provides emergency food where and when
it is needed, sponsors programs that help families achieve self-sufficiency,
and educates the public about causes and consequences of hunger on Long
Island.
Paule Pachter, Executive Director and Robin Amato, Director of Development
of Long Island Cares provided LIBOR members with a tour of Long Island’s
only food bank, which will distribute more than 6 million pounds of food
this year to over 540 community based organizations including food pantries
and soup kitchens. This will feed some of Long Island’s 260,000
hungry children and adults. “We’re extremely grateful
to the Long Island Board of Realtors for their support and willingness
to help us in the fight against hunger on Long Island,” said Mr.
Pachter. “It’s very meaningful that the Huntington
Chapter has selected to support Long Island Cares since our founder,
Harry Chapin was a long time resident of Huntington Village,” Pachter
added.
“It is extremely troubling that more than a quarter of a million
Long Islanders are either malnourished or go hungry in our communities,” said
Peter Demidovich, President, Huntington Chapter, LIBOR. “Realtors
work hard to support our local communities in their charitable efforts
and the work of Long Island Cares, The Harry Chapin Food Bank is especially
important in these difficult economic times when so many families are
turning to food pantries and community organizations for help,” he
continued. The Huntington Chapter has committed to providing an
additional donation to Long Island Cares this summer and will advocate
for an increase in state support for the Hunger Prevention and Nutrition
Assistance Program, which supports Long Island Cares and their network
of member agencies, during their upcoming Lobby event in Albany.
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Press Release Contact:
Christina DeFalco
Public Relations and Communications Specialist
631-661-4800 Ext. 358
LIBOR is the largest local Realtor® Board in the Country with ten
Chapters covering the North and South Shores of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens
Counties.
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