Author: Trade Winds

Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk will host a food and clothing drive at its Ronkonkoma ReStore beginning next week.

Dozens of stores at the two retail centers will donate 25 percent of shoppers’ full-price purchases to participating organizations of their choice.

The menu at Playa Bowls features a variety of bowls created with acai, pitaya, coconut, oatmeal and kale and filled with combinations of fruit, granola nuts, honey and other toppings.

Customers can sell back “gently used” IKEA furniture for store credit and IKEA will offer the used furniture to other customers in its as-is section.

The grocery chain is the official supermarket of Long Island’s hockey team and will join them to help fight hunger.

The Rise Up initiative supports programs for runaway and homeless youth.

The new Aldi store, which will be the grocery chain’s ninth on Long Island.

The TangerFit Virtual 5K will take place from Sunday, Oct. 24 through Saturday, Oct. 30.

During the months of October and November, IKEA Long Island at the Broadway Commons in Hicksville is encouraging members of the community to donate non-perishable food products or new household items.

Sierra Sapack, a junior at Liberty University, took the top prize for her blue sock with hearts and a hand displaying the American Sign Language gesture for “I Love You.”

The Southampton showroom, which caters to designers, contractors and consumers, is Nemo’s second on Long Island.

The discount grocery chain will open Lidl food markets at 800 Montauk Highway in Shirley on Wednesday, Sept. 22 and at 531 Montauk Highway in West Babylon on Wednesday, Sept. 29.

Through September 30, Club Champion will waive its usual $100 putter-fitting fee for any golfer who purchases a new putter or custom putter shaft with Club Champion installation.

The renamed Dan’s Pet Care, formerly known as Dan’s Dog Walking and Pet Sitting, will now offer dog walking, pet sitting, transportation services, grooming, dog adventures, training, boarding and daycare.

The two-day weekend event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24 and Sunday, Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Several Applebee’s restaurants on Long Island are teaming with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for a #CrushALemonChallenge that raises money to fight pediatric cancer.

After starting out by selling cookies through Instagram, Chonky Cookies opened a retail store in the Sunrise Plaza shopping center at 646 N. Wellwood Avenue.

The hiring center, located at 1490 William Floyd Parkway in Shirley, is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The new salon, at 478 Main St., also launched a program called “Mondays at Sereen,” which offers clients affordable wigs and hair extensions to those who are undergoing cancer treatments or are experiencing medical hair loss such as alopecia.

The new business combines Blue Bean Café, Matcha Tea in Heaven and Bubble Waffle Ice Cream.

Lamar Letts, a former Long Island native and high school track star who’s athletic career was cut short by a heart ailment, founded the drink line in 2016 while he attended Northeastern University.