No good deed goes unpublished
Island Harvest Food Bank was awarded a $30,000 grant to advance its Kids Weekend Backpack Feeding program, which provides food for kids who rely on their school’s breakfast and lunch programs but don’t have enough to eat on weekends.
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Port Washington-based Cedar Realty Trust is giving an $85,000 grant to the Jackie Robinson Foundation towards college scholarships.
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The Town of Smithtown received a $500,000 grant to help advance downtown revitalization efforts in Kings Park.
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Grants are available for tree planting, maintenance, tree inventory, community forest management plans and for educating those who care for public trees.
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The total grant amount has doubled to $1 million for groups that enhance preserve, maintain and promote state parks and public lands.
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The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America gave a $100,000 grant to NYU Winthrop Hospital to research the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease and develop new treatments.
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Long Island’s first responders will be getting some help from the state to improve emergency dispatch services.
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The two Level 2 charging stations behind town hall will be available to the public to use for free for the next two years.
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Farmingdale State College was awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to bring minority PhD students in STEM fields to the university.
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Two Long Island airports have been awarded combined $2.3 million in grants from the state for modernization and safety improvements.
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