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Pronto of Long Island, a Bay Shore-based community outreach center that provides food and sanitary products for those in need, was the recipient of the more than $3,000 in proceeds from this year’s Bottles for Dollars program.

The money, allocated to Hempstead through the federal Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, will go to Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital, Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow and Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside.

Islip officials would like interested students to write a paragraph about what Memorial Day means to them. Submissions will be shared on the town’s social media channels in a show of support for the nation’s military veterans.

The firm brought large trays of food, including salad, mac and cheese, sandwich wraps and side dishes to staff at Huntington Hospital in Huntington and St. Catherine’s Hospital in Smithtown, as an expression of appreciation for their work treating COVID-19 patients.

The Nassau County Police Department in Mineola received 20,000 of the masks and the Suffolk County Fire, Rescue & Emergency Services in Yaphank received another 20,000 masks.

Beginning this week, the Riptide and Jersey Mike’s are dropping off lunch at 15 long-term care facilities per week for the next four weeks. The sub sandwiches will feed about 800 staff members at different facilities each week across Long Island.

BAPS Charities prepared and delivered a total 300 packages of food to the Helping Hand Rescue Mission food pantry and Northwell Health’s Huntington Hospital last week.

The Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island donated 16,000 bottles of water to healthcare workers at two Long Island hospitals.

The money, donated to the Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, will go towards assisting local restaurants that are providing meals to healthcare staff at St. Charles Hospital and Mather Hospital.

Despite the temporary closing of its branch lobbies due to the state’s PAUSE directive, a Long Island credit union was still able to continue a tradition of donating to The Interfaith Nutrition Network in Hempstead.