The Long Island Times

All day Saturday, Dec. 14, shoppers are asked to come to the mall’s North Court to pick a tag ornament from the tree to learn more about a senior in need and then donate or bring a secret Santa gift to them.

Participants can decorate a jumbo gingerbread cookie at the village’s gingerbread workshop and try their hand at historic crafts like paper piercing and making a tassel doll.

The annual confab, held at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, featured 20 workshops on a wide range of topics including downtown development, pedestrian safety, infrastructure, transportation, financing, business diversity, housing, energy and more.

JVC Broadcasting co-sponsored the Brookhaven INTERFACE’s annual Food Fight Against Hunger last week, which collected more than 7,400 pounds of food.