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November 2025

• Long Island Business News – Optimum partners with food bank to fight hunger – View News Story
• Newsday – How to help Long Island SNAP recipients as benefits delay continues amid government shutdown – View News Story
• Baldwin Freeport Herald – Baldwin church prepares for potential rise in food pantry demand amid SNAP benefit disruption – View News Story
• Long Island Herald – Nassau County provides funding to food banks amid federal shutdown – View News Story
• Editorial: Herald Community Newspaper – As neighbors go hungry, D.C. plays politics – View News Story
• NBC 4 NY – Governor Hochul Declares Food Emergency for New York – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – Governor Hochul Declares State of Emergency, Secures $65 million – View News Story
• Long Island Press – LI food banks, Nassau working to fill ‘grim’ gap caused by cut in SNAP benefits – View News Story
• Newsday – Federal workers, missing paychecks, head to Long Island food banks amid uncertain future – View News Story
• Massapequa Post – ​Blakeman declares state of emergency to combat food insecurity in Nassau – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – Local organizations help furloughed federal workers with food assistance during government shutdown – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – Nassau invests $100K to help food banks amid SNAP uncertainty – View News Story

October 2025

• Associated Press – How hunger relief groups say you can help feed your neighbors during the shutdown and beyond – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Long Island food banks to aid furloughed, unpaid federal workers Monday – View News Story
• Washington Post – How hunger relief groups say you can help feed your neighbors during the shutdown and beyond – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – ‘We need everything that we can get.’ Fears continue to grow about losing SNAP benefits – View News Story
• Patch.com – Long Island Emergency Food Providers Brace For Life Post-SNAP: ‘A Really Horrific Impact’ – View News Story
• Newsday – Long Island food banks ramp up as SNAP benefits set to end Saturday – View News Story
• Newsday – Shutdown could hold up food assistance under SNAP program for 160,000 LIers – View News Story
• FOX 5 NY – Cuts to local food banks could leave thousands hungry – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Island Harvest to honor Amazon at ‘Taste of the Harvest’ – View News Story
• CBS News NY – As the government shutdown continues, food banks could see fewer supplies on their shelves – Views News Story
• Long Island Press – Miss Long Island pageant contestants join with Island Harvest to combat hunger – View News Story
• 1010 WINS – There is no shame in asking for help – View News Story
• LI Times – Ryder Cup helps supplement more than 77,000 meals for food insecure Long Islanders – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – Surplus food from Ryder Cup donated to Island Harvest – View News Story
• Newsday – Federal shutdown: How will it impact county services on Long Island? – View News Story
• WLIW | NPR – Federal Gov’t shutdown could cause seniors to lose food delivery – View News Story
• Newsday – Federal government shutdown just starting to be felt on Long Island, with more fallout to come – View News Story
• WLIW | NPR – Federal Gov’t shutdown could cause seniors to lose food delivery – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Variety Child Learning opens at leased East Northport school – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – Gov’t shutdown threatens food access for Long Island’s most vulnerable – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – LI Food Bank’s Warn of Potential Impacts – View News Story

September 2025

• News12 Long Island – NYS Assembly Members & Island Harvest Assemble Food Boxes for Natl. Hunger Action Day – View News Story

June – August 2025

• WSHU | Public Radio – Island Harvest fights back against hunger and federal cuts – View News Story
• News 12 Long Island – Stop & Shop Donates Over $200K to Island Harvest – View News Story
• NextLI Newsday – Experts on tackling Long Island’s challenges – View News Story
• News 12 Long Island – Gov. Hochul says ‘big, beautiful bill’ could be disastrous for many Long Islanders – View News Story
• Pix 11 – Island Harvest’s Job Program Helps Address the Root Cause of Hunger – View News Story
• LI Life & Politics – Program Keeps Food-Insecure Children Fed throughout Summer – View News Story
• Newsday – Long Islanders squeezed by soaring food prices find ways to stretch every dollar – View News Story
• ​News 12 Long Island – PSEG, Island Harvest hold Power to Feed food drive in East Northport – View News Story
• The New York times – ‘An Existential Threat’: Food Banks Brace for Fallout From Trump Cuts – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Island Harvest honored as hunger advocacy impact champion – View News Story
• TBR News Media – PSEG Long Island’s 5th annual Power to Feed Long Island food collection drive kicks off June 13 – View News Story

May 2025

• PIX11 – 1 of 12 people is food insecure, new stats for Long Island show – View News Story
• Newsday – Postal carriers are collecting food for hungry Long Islanders – View News Story
• LI Herald – Stamp Out Hunger food drive takes place across Long Island on May 10 – View News Story

April 2025

• News12 Long Island – Island Harvest starts program to help put food on tables as lines at food bank grow – View News Story

February 2025

• Long Island Business News – Coalition heads back to Albany to lobby for Long Island – View News Story
• LI Herald – Student chefs in Bellmore-Merrick’s Kennedy High School prepare meals for a good cause – View News Story
• Newsday – State official, LI food bank worry for struggling residents amid possible federal funding freeze – View News Story
• WLIW – Southampton Town Police begin efforts to rein in speeding – View News Story

January 2025

• Morningstar – Long Island Capital Alliance Conducts Food Industry Capital Forum to Benefit Island Harvest – View News Story
• Produce Business – Bushwick Commission Donates 18,000+ Pounds of Potatoes to Food Bank – View News Story
• Globe Newswire: Dime Announces Continued Partnership with Island Harvest in 2025 – View News Story
• Wegmans News – Celebrating Community in Lake Grove – View News Story
• Our Sports Central – Local Organizations Benefit from “Home Runs for Hunger” Initiative – View News Story
• Newsday – New York’s budget for the needy potentially hindered by possible federal funding freeze, state official says – View News Story
• Newsday – Freeze on federal money for LI nonprofits: Chaos reigns over Trump order – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Long Island leaders reveal their predictions for the year ahead – View News Story

December 2024

• Long Island Press – Long Island nonprofits adjust, adapt fundraising – View News Story
• Newsday – Island Harvest jobs training program helps Long Island residents break employment barriers – View News Story
• Newsday – New York State promised millions for kids with developmental delays, but has yet to deliver – View News Story

November 2024

• Newsday Opinion/Editorial Board – Those in need do need our help – View News Story
• Newsday – A season for giving – View News Story
• Newsday – Long Island food banks rally to feed the hungry as need increases – View News Story
• FOX 5 NY – Island Harvest’s turkey drive on Long Island shatters records with 5,000 donations – View News Story
• PIX 11 – Hundreds of NYers donate to turkey drive: ‘I like to do what I can’ – View News Story
• News12 LI – Record-breaking numbers set at the 16th annual Bethpage Turkey Drive at Bethpage Federal Credit Union – View News Story
• Long Island Press – Sid Jacobson JCC Retail Rescue Tackles Food Insecurity – View News Story
• Northport Journal – Ways to give: Local collections serve those in need this holiday season – View News Story
• NBC4 NY – Fighting Food Insecurity on Long Island – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – U.S. Marines Help Unload 1,750 Turkeys for Families in Need on Long Island – View News Story
• Dan’s Papers – Going Hungry: East End Food Banks See Spike in Demand – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – ‘Nourish Suffolk County’ is a new $250K initiative to help fight food insecurity – View News Story
• Mid-Island Times – Police groups collect food to benefit Island Harvest – View News Story
• News12 LI – New ‘Nourish Suffolk County’ program looks to end food insecurity, support Suffolk farmers – View News Story
• Syosset Advance – Amazon Fresh grand opening – View News Story
• Connoisseur Media LI – Island Harvest on Island Outlook – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – Island Harvest Hosts ‘Election Collection’ Food Drive in Farmingdale – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Island Harvest launches annual holiday food drive – View News Story
• Newsday – Stephen Juchem Elected Chair Island Harvest Board of Directors – View News Story
• Island Outlook – Turkey & Trimmings Collection Campaign – View News Story

October 2024

• News12 Long Island – Veterans’ Stand Down Event in Melville – View News Story
• Newsday – Amazon Fresh supermarkets open at 2 more Long Island sites – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Long Island Business News announces 2024 40 Under Forty honorees – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Long Island Business Influencers Randi Shubin Dresner – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – 2 Amazon Fresh stores set to open today on Long Island  – View News Story
• Newsday – 1 in 4 recently discharged vets suffers from depression, PTSD, survey says – View News Story
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Brian Leidy chief development officer at Island Harvest Food Bank, on Long Island, N.Y. – View News Story
• Long Island Herald – Community Offshore Wind partners with fisheries to donate fresh seafood – View News Story
• Huntington Now – Island Harvest to Host Veterans Stand-Down – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Farmingdale coffee roaster recognized by Business Council of New York State – View News Story
• Long Island Patch – Island Harvest to Honor Bank of America & John Aruanno, Arrow Produce – View News Story
• The Long Island Times- Island Harvest to honor local produce wholesaler at food bank’s upcoming fundraiser – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Taste of the Harvest Celebration’ set for Oct. 22 – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Feed New York State marks 32 million pounds of food collected – View News Story
• HuntingtonNow.com – Milestone in Food Donations Marked in Melville – View News Story

September 2024

• HuntingtonNow.com – Milestone in Food Donations Marked in Melville – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Adventureland to hold fundraiser for its Helping Hands Foundation – View News Story
• The Island 360  – Umberto’s annual Car Show collects food for Island Harvest – View News Story
• Stony Brook University News –  ​​CommUniversity Day 2024: A Celebration of Connection, Creativity and Community – View News Story
• LI Herald – Island Harvest plays a big role in hunger relief in Nassau County – View News Story

August 2024

• LongIsland.com – PSEG, Island Harvest Thank Oceanside Community for Generous Donations to ‘Power to Feed LI’ Collection Drive – View News Story
• The Island 360 – Iconic Long Island pizzeria putting the brakes on food insecurity – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Stop & Shop donates more than $200K to Island Harvest – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – Stop & Shop Donates $204K to Island Harvest – View News Story
• Newsday – At North Amityville farmers market, two men bring produce to the community for free – View News Story
• Newsday – Mitchel Field commissary closure concerns Long Island veterans – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – Umberto’s Hosts 2^nd Annual Car Show to Benefit Island Harvest View News Story
• News12 Networks – Garden Guide: There is nothing sweeter than growing your own fruits and berries – View News Story
• News12 Networks – Garden Guide: Every tomato grower needs this ONE thing – View News Story

July 2024

• News12 Networks – Garden Guide: These 5 common weeds are actually delicious – View News Story
• Newsday – Linda Breitstone, founder of Island Harvest and ‘bright star,’ dies at 73 – View News Story 
• Long Island Herald – Linda Breitstone, founder of Island Harvest, dies at 73 – View News Story
• Innovate LI – Breit spark: LI’s leading hunger-relief organization is mourning the passing of its forward-thinking founder – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Linda Breitstone, founder of Island Harvest Food Bank, dies – View News Story 
• News12 Long Island – Founder of Island Harvest Linda Breitstone dies at age 73 – View News Story
• Newsday – Linda Breitstone, founder of Island Harvest and ‘bright star,’ dies at 73 –
  View News Story
• LIBM.com – Linda Breitstone, founder of Island Harvest Food Bank, dies – View News Story
• News 12 – Founder of Island Harvest Linda Breitstone dies at age 73 – View News Story
• longisland.com – PSEG Long Island and Island Harvest Thank Three Village Community for Generous Donations to ‘Power to Feed Long Island’ Food Drive – View News Story
• LI Herald – On Long Island, Island Harvest keeps children and teens fed in summer months – View News Story
• Bethpage Newsgram – Food drive kicks off summer season – View News Story
• FOX 5 NY – Island Harvest Summer Food Service Program – View News Story
• WPIX 11 – Island Harvest Food Bank helps feed food insecure children this summer – View News Story
• News 12 Long Island – Power to Feed: PSEG LI holds food drive in Levittown – View News Story

June 2024

• News 12 Long Island – Stop & Shop to Donate $10k+ to Island Harvest as Part of Program with The Islanders – View News Story

• NHL.com – Islanders and Stop & Shop Employees Pack Meals at Island Harvest – View News Story

• Study: Food insecurity becomes growing problem for Long Islanders – News12 Long Island – View News Story
• Island Harvest diversifies its offering of fresh fruits and vegetables – CBS 2 NY – View Video
• Growing season begins at Healthy Harvest Farm in Brentwood  – Newsday – View News Story
• Suffolk County farm cultivating hope with organic produce for the hungry – Fox 5 NY NY – View News Story
• Island Harvest growing different kinds of produce to meet needs of community – News12 Long Island – View News Story
• Exotic Produce Brings Cultural Diversity To Food Bank Farm – Patch.com – View News Story

May 2024

• New study confirms jump in food insecurity on Long Island – Long Island Business News – View News Story
• Gardeners unite at Garden and Give event in Plainview to help Long Island families – Newsday – View News Story
• Flushing Bank Employees Volunteer at Island Harvest Stamp Out Hunger 2024 Event   – ACCESSWIRE – View News Story

April 2024

• In Melville, a food bank’s workforce institute graduates its fourth class of skilled workers Long Island Business News – View News Story
• Seeking a hunger solution for Passover –  Newsday Opinion – View News Story
• Team Schein plants garden, donates produce to Island Harves – Long Island Business News – View News Story

March 2024

• libn.com – On Long Island, women empower economic development Long Island Business News – View News Story
• nyrej.com – SUNation Energy installs roof-top array at Island Harvest’s 43,560 s/f Hossain Campus – NY Real Estate Journal – View News Story
• Women Who Lead 2024 – Long Island Business News – View News Story

January 2024

• Long Island Business News – Why Long Island Kids Deserve Healthy School Meals – View News Story
• HuntingtonNow.com – Gillibrand Offers Legislation to Aid ‘Food Deserts’ – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Island harvest Flips Switch on Solar Energy System – View News Story
• News12 Long Island – Solar Press Event – View News Story
• WPIX 11 – Solar Press Event – View News Story
• The Island 360 – Island Harvest harnesses the power of the sun to help feed food-insecure Long Islanders – View News Story
• Newsday – Island Harvest solar installation to cut $63,000 in energy costs – View News Story
• Newsday – Poll: Grocery, housing costs are top concerns of LIers – View News Story
• PR Newswire – Fidelis Care Provides $315,000 to Combat Food Insecurity in New York State – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Long Island leaders reveal their predictions for the year ahead – View News Story
• Newsday – New report details food insecurity on Long Island and statewide – View News Story

December 2023

• Long Island Herald – Island Harvest finds a new corporate ally – View News Story
• Long Island Herald – Partnership takes a stand against childhood hunger – View News Story
• Innovate LI – View News Story

November 2023

• Long Island Business News – International Shoppes at JFK partners with Island Harvest, City Harvest – View News Story
• News 12 Long Island – Island Harvest Partners with Freeport School – View News Story
• Newsday – Newsday Editorial – View News Story
• Newsday – Food Pantry to Open – View News Story
• Fox 5 – Thanksgiving Food Insecurity – View News Story
• WNBC 4 NY – Bethpage Turkey Drive – View News Story
• Fox 5 – Jericho High School students innovate with Evergreen app to tackle food waste – View News Story
• Metropolitan Airport News – JFK Air Cargo Association Supports Island Harvest – View News Story
• Long Island Business – Rising Food Insecurity – View News Story

October 2023

• LongIslandHerald.com – Hunger in America is the ultimate obscenity – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Bethpage Has New Corporate Challenge to Help Food Insecure for Thanksgiving – View News Story

August 2023

• LongIslandHerald.com – Easy summer living? Not for some children – View News Story
• LI Herald-East Meadow – Sen. Rhodes Food Drive – View News Story

July 2023

• News 12 Long Island – Building Dedication – View News Story
• Newsday – Summer programs seek to feed children now that school is out of session – View News Story
• Long Island Business News –  Island Harvest’s workforce institute graduates second class of skilled workers- Island Harvest’s workforce institute graduates second class of skilled workers | Long Island Business News – View News Story

June 2023

• LI Herald – Summer donating to help feed Long Islanders – View News Story
• Newsday – NY schoolchildren to get summer meals via program at 2,500 sites statewide, including pools, schools and libraries – View News Story
• Long Island Business News – Tacombi to open in Westbury – View News Story

May 2023

• Newsday – Survey: No Kid Hungry New York Survey: Most say it’s become more difficult to afford groceries – View News Story
• News 12 Long Island – Stamp Out Hunger – View News Story

April 2023

• Newsday – 88-year-old Mary Joesten runs a food pantry for 300 families ‘free of charge’ as part of Catholic Faith – View News Story

• FOX 5 New York – Huntington Hospital offering nutritional care to disadvantaged patients – View News Story

• Newsday – SUNY Old Westbury, $878,000 grant to help students with the basics – View News Story

• Newsday – Stop & Shop using app to sell discounted food near best-by date – View News Story

• Innovate Long Island – But first, this (scroll to the middle of the page) – View News Story

March 2023

• Newsday – End of SNAP benefit boost sparks concern for Long Islanders in need – View News Story
• Innovate Long Island – Feeding The Hungry, And The Economy, At Island Harvest – View News Story
• LIHerald.com – It all started the moment she raised her hand – View News Story

• Huntington Now – Educators, Officials Prod Hochul on Free School Meals for All Students – View News Story

• Yahoo Finance – Long Island Capital Alliance to Hold Food and Beverage Capital Forum on March 24, 2023 – View News Story

• Bethpage Newsgram – Bethpage student artists come together to fight hunger – View News Story

February 2023

• Newsday – David Lyons and Ross Turrini

• RiverheadLOCAL – Food banks alarmed by governor’s proposal to cut funding, as hunger and food insecurity remain higher than pre-pandemic levels – View News Story
• RiverheadLOCAL – Tell Albany: This is no time to cut funding to prevent hunger in our communities – View News Story
• Long Beach Patch – Long Beach Hosts Food Drive With Island Harvest –  View News Story
• PRNewswire – Foodie Card Donates Over 80,000 Meals to Local Food Banks – View News Story

January 2023

• News 12 LI  – Stop & Shop Donates $215,000 to Island Harvest Food Bank – View News Story
• Patch.com – Stop & Shop Donates $215,000 to Island Harvest Food Bank – View News Story
• Hunger in Paradise – Food Banks Battle East End Food Insecurity as Pandemic Programs Sunset – Dan’s Papers –  View News Story
• Long Island Business News – What we will see in 2023 – View News Story

• The Hofstra Chronicle – Rise in food costs does not stop local groups from helping those in need – View News Story

• Newsday – Town pitches plan to cut food waste – View News Story

• Newsday – New York SNAP food benefits set to drop $95 a month or more – View News Story