Pet pantry anchors new Long Island Cares annex
The nonprofit’s Lindenhurst annex features Baxter’s Pet Pantry, a free-standing pet pantry that provides pet food and supplies to families in need caring for their pets.
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Options holiday toy drive a success
Options for Community Living conducted two fundraisers during the holidays to help Long Island families in need.
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Long Island Sports Zone donates a ton of food
More than 200 people took part in the sports facility’s fifth annual Hitting For Hunger campaign, collecting food for Long Island families in need.
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Long Island business leader joining mission to Honduras
The mission is part of the Project Vision Trip organized by the Key Humanitarian Initiative for Southern Honduras, which provides cataract surgeries, eye care and other health services.
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Armor Museum gets new Nikes for the holidays
The Museum of American Armor got a new pair of Nikes just in time for Christmas — that is, a pair of Nike anti-aircraft missiles like the ones that sat on half a dozen launch sites across Long Island during the Cold War.
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Long Island students to compete in LEGO challenge
In the series of robotics tournaments, teams of students from Nassau and Suffolk will demonstrate their problem-solving skills, creative thinking and teamwork while creating competitive LEGO robots.
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Recycling company contributes to campaign against drunk driving
Gershow Recycling donated a wrecked vehicle to the Town of Huntington for the town’s campaign against drunk and distracted driving.
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West Islip Lions football team scores with good deeds
The squad’s players visited Good Samaritan Hospital, spending time talking and playing with the children in the pediatrics wing.
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Affordable housing lottery held for new apartments
The five-story apartment building at 1 Washington Ave., the third constructed at the complex, offers studios, one- and two-bedroom residences with monthly rents ranging from $960 to $2,216 for households earning between 50 percent and 110 percent of the area median income.
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Annual toy drive brings in thousands of donations
When it comes to toy drives, Brookhaven residents don’t play around.
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Veterans and supporters honored at museum gala
More than 200 business leaders, elected officials and military veterans braved torrential rain to attend the Museum of American Armor holiday gala at Old Bethpage Restoration Village last week.
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Long Island Nets holding free basketball clinic, health seminar
The Dec. 15 event takes place from noon to 2 p.m. at the Hicksville Athletic Center at 167 Broadway.
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Town waives fees for December pet adoptions
Through the rest of this month, the shelter’s usual adoption fees of $84 per pet will be waived and all usual adoption services will be provided, including the spaying or neutering of the animal, vaccination and microchipping.
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Church group heading gift drive for seniors in need
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.
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Stony Brook scores $957K diversity grant
Stony Brook University will receive $957,000 from the State University of New York System over three years to support the salaries of six faculty members as part of the education system’s diversity initiative.
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Northwell rolls out new AI chat bot
Northwell Health is making it a little less of a pain in the butt for patients who have to schedule a colonoscopy.
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Radio stations help tune out hunger
JVC Broadcasting co-sponsored the Brookhaven INTERFACE’s annual Food Fight Against Hunger last week, which collected more than 7,400 pounds of food.
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Cookies and crafting at Old Bethpage Village
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.
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Home for the Holidays to support families in need
The Equity First Foundation and its Holiday Dreams team will collect toys, clothing, gift cards and money donations at the free party.
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Cat cafe opening in Huntington Village
A new retail concept is coming to Huntington that’s one part coffee shop, one part cat rescue. Catpurrccinos Cat Cafe is having a grand opening on Sunday, Dec. 1 to celebrate its new Main Street home.
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PSEG Long Island providing help with heating bills
Programs that can help eligible customers offset heating and utility costs include the federally funded Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP); the United Way’s Project Warmth; and PSEG-LI’s own Household Assistance Program and the Residential Energy Affordability Partnership (REAP).
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