Island Harvest Receives $20,000 Grant From Slomo And Cindy Silvian Foundation
February 23, 2010
(Mineola, N.Y.)—Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization, has for the second year in a row received a $20,000 grant from the Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation to help address the growing problem of hunger on Long Island.
The funding for Island Harvest will help provide much needed food and supplies for its network of food pantries, soup kitchens and emergency food programs across Long Island. A recent study found that an estimated 283,700 Long Islanders, including nearly 110,000 children face the risk of going hungry everyday. Nearly 65,000 individuals seek emergency food assistance in Nassau and Suffolk Counties each week.
“We are once again exceptionally grateful to the fund’s directors, the Honorable Jack Mackston, Daniel S. Komansky, Esq., and David Grossman, for selecting Island Harvest for this generous grant at a time when demand for food assistance continues to grow,” said Randi Shubin Dresner, president and CEO, Island Harvest.
The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation, established by the late Cindy Silvian, makes grants to organizations involved in charitable purposes, including education, programs that benefit children, medical care and research, and Jewish philanthropic endeavors.
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.
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 more than 60 million pounds of food, supplementing nearly 47 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 education 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.
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Harrison Leifer DiMarco Public Relations
516-536-2020 or 516-330-1647 (cell)
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