Breaking Bread With Long Island Cares

Lee Silberman, CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Long Island, highlights the importance of equitable housing and healthcare, and he discusses the ways that Habitat serves families that make between 40% and 60% of the average income on Long Island.

Kerry Tooker, Child Nutrition Program Specialist, and Spiro Tsirkas, Director of Glen Cove Youth Services, highlight some of the youth programs that Long Island cares offers to 3,000+ children on Long Island.

Paule and Gerard highlight the importance of taking care of the seniors in our communities, checking in on them, and advocating for them to get the services that they need. 

Long Island Cares Nutritionists, Laura and Samantha, discuss the ways that nutrition plays a role in food insecurity, the importance of educating people on healthy eating, and ways to make the most of your food dollars and pantry items.

Paule Pachter and Jose Dominguez, CEO, Red Cross Long Island, discuss being on the front lines during an emergency crisis and the importance of working with other agencies. 

Paule speaks with the President and CEO of Melissa's Wish, an organization dedicated to supporting the caregivers of those afflicted with a serious illness, injury, or end-of-life event.

Vets are frustrated and need help getting the services they deserve.  Alex, Long Island Cares' Veterans Services Care Coordinator gives us an inside look into our Veterans Program and how we help veterans navigate the process. 

Did you know? 1,500 Veterans and their families visit our pantries for supplemental food and services.

Alex, Veterans Services Care Coordinator gives us an inside look into our Veterans Program.  1,500 Veterans and their families visit our pantries for supplemental food and services.  

Meet Marc Soto, Executive Director of Pronto Long Island.  Pronto Long Island opened its doors in 1969, over 52 years of service to the Brentwood, Bayshore, Central Islip and surrounding areas.  

Their moto is people helping people and their mission is to feed the hungry, clothe the needy, welcome all strangers, and provide healing and hope.  

Learn more about Pronto Long Island

https://www.prontolongisland.org/ 

Paule Pachter and Cathy Demeroto of Community Action Southold Town, Inc. (C.A.S.T.) discuss how they were able to get through COVID and the exciting things they are currently doing to continue helping our neighbors on the east end.  

Learn more about C.A.S.T. 

https://castsoutholdtown.org/ 

COVID-19 has devastated our nation.  Long Island residents continue to need assistance, some for the very first time.   Through our Emergency Response and Recovery Program, individuals and families can obtain the food they need.  

It’s critical that we provide coordinated services, flexible program models, compassion and advocacy for a population that sometimes feels helpless to effect change.

Hope for the Homeless focuses on the often "invisible" homeless population and their specific needs.  This program provides housing information, housing referrals, ready-to-eat emergency food and personal hygiene items.

What is Trade Mitigation and how can it affect our nations food banks?

Long Island is home to the 2nd largest concentration of veterans in the United States.    Joseph P. Dwyer Veterans Peer Support Project centers around Veterans helping Veterans.  This project is inspired and named after Joseph P. Dwyer, an Army Medic that selflessly sacrificed for those that needed a helping hand.

Paule Pachter and Assemblywoman Solages discuss her decisions during  COVID-19 and the impact for the future.

You know what is a big problem caused by our consumer culture? Waste. 

In this episode of Breaking Bread, we discuss what corporations do with damaged (but still usable) product and how we intervene to distribute the product to those who can use it. 

In honor of Volunteer Appreciation Week, we sat down with our stellar volunteers Ed Hall, Anita Hall, and Marguerite Coddington. They discuss what roles they have fulfilled in their time volunteering and give insight into what prospective volunteers might expect when they come to our facilities.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer with Long Island Cares please visit us at: https://www.licares.org/make-a-difference/volunteer/