Good News

Thousands of boxes of crayons, pencils, notebooks, rulers and more were collected by two dozen employee volunteers for their annual school supply drive.

QuickChek Corporation this week celebrated the success of its fifth annual Dog Tag Campaign for post-9/11 service members and their families.

Doug DeLorenzo, owner of Beach House Tanning Salon, is extending special offers to clients who make a donation of food or school supplies for Long Island Cares.

Over the last seven years, the Campaign for Stony Brook raised $630.7 million from 47,961 friends, alumni, foundations and businesses, exceeding its goal of $600 million.

IKEA Long Island announced on Tuesday a donation of 8 mattresses to Hope For Youth for their Sibling Reunification Program.

The Peconic Land Trust celebrated 35 years of conservation at it’s 2018 Through Farms and Fields event Sunday.

Approximately $525,000 in grant funding from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund as part of the Trees for Tribs Grant Program.

“Comeback Season: Sports After 9/11” explores how sports helped unite the country and features interviews with athletes such as Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza.

Island Harvest Food Bank was at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on Tuesday morning to distribute over 12 tons of food with the help of local residents and elected officials.

The Long Island Coalition for the Homeless is teaming up with IKEA Long Island to help homeless children start the school year off right with the nonprofit’s annual Backpack Pirates event.

Valentina Bisogni, an associate physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science to receive research funding for a project that aims to enhance the energy efficiency of electronics.

The Adelphi Breast Cancer Program received a grant from the Beth C. Tortolani Foundation, allowing the program to provide free social work services to help women overcome barriers to care.

A new assisted living and nursing care complex under construction in Uniondale received a crucial boost from a local real estate developer, who provided nearly one-third of the needed funds.

A ribbon cutting was held Thursday afternoon at Good Ground Park in Hampton Bays to celebrate the opening of a new playground, which was generously funded by a $50,000 donation from Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

Lake Success-based Schuckman Realty spent a day giving back to the community at Masbia Soup Kitchen.

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is donating $20 million to the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism.

New York will encourage solar farm operators to incorporate bee-friendly vegetation on their properties.

One of the world’s leading energy storage researchers, Professor Esther Sans Takeuchi has won the 2018 European Inventor Award.