Island Harvest Receives $20,000 grant From Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation
January 30, 2009
Funding will help address increased demand for food assistance driven by slumping economy
(Mineola, N.Y.) Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization, recently received a $20,000 grant from the Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation to help address the increased demand for food assistance driven by the downturn in the economy.
The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation is a private charitable foundation funded by a bequest from the estate of the late Cindy Silvian and makes grants to organizations that fulfill one or more charitable purposes, including education, programs that benefit children, medical care and research, and Jewish philanthropic endeavors. Through a network of over 570 food pantries, soup kitchens and emergency food programs, Island Harvest helps feed over 93,000 children in Nassau and Suffolk counties who face the risk of going hungry each day.
“Island Harvest is exceptionally grateful to the Silvian Foundation’s directors, the Honorable Jack Mackston, Daniel S. Komansky, Esq., and David Grossman, for choosing to support our organization at a time when demand for food assistance is higher than ever,” said Randi Shubin Dresner, president and chief executive of Island Harvest. “The dismal economic climate has caused many working- and middle-class Long Island families to seek food assistance, many for the fist time. This thoughtful grant will go a long way in shoring up our food rescue and delivery programs so we can get food out to those who need it most.”
About Island Harvest
Fighting hunger and touching lives, Island Harvest serves as the bridge between those who have surplus food and those who need it, supplying hundreds of community-based nonprofit organizations on Long Island with critical food support to help stem the advancing tide of hunger in our communities. Island Harvest has delivered 50 million pounds of food, supplementing more than 38 million meals, since its inception in 1992. In support of its mission to end hunger and reduce food waste on Long Island, the organization is actively involved in educational and hunger awareness programs to inform the public about the insidious but often unrecognized problem of hunger here, in one of the wealthiest regions of the country, and how individuals, businesses, schools and commercial food establishments can make a difference. Island Harvest is a member of Feeding America (formerly America’s Second Harvest). For more information about Island Harvest, visit www.islandharvest.org or call 516-294-8528.
Photo left to right: Silvian Foundation Director Daniel S. Komansky, Esq.; Randi Shubin Dresner, president and chief executive, Island Harvest and Silvian Foundation Director David Grossman.
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