Special Events & Drop Off Locations
November 2015
  

All Month Long
Check Out Hunger, throughout Long Island - Donate $1, $3 or $5 to Long Island Cares at the cash register when you go shopping!  Click the link to find a participating supermarket near you. 
 
Long Island Cares' Coat Drive - Donate a new or gently used coat to help keep Long Islanders in need warm during the cold months!  Men's coats are highly needed.  Blankets are also being accepted!  Click the link for requirements and drop off locations.
  
Wild Birds Unlimited Annual Food Drive, 911 Montauk Highway Oakdale NY 11769 - Call 631 218 2473 for more information!
 
LI Cares Warehouse - 10 Davids Dr Hauppauge - Accepting donations Mon-Fri 8:30 AM to 4:15 PM
 
LI Cares Harry Chapin Food Bank and Humanitarian Center - 220 Broadway Huntington Station - Accepting donations MWF 8:30AM - 3:30PM / T&TH 9AM -5PM
 
LI Cares Nassau Service Cener - 84 Pine St. Freeport - Accepting donations MWF 8:30AM - 330PM / T&TH 830AM - 5:30PM
 
LI Cares South Shore Service Center - 163 N. Wellwood Ave. Lindenhurst - Accepting donations MWF 8:30AM - 330PM / T&TH 830AM - 5:30PM
 
McDonalds Restaurants - Drop off non-perishables and baby formula to any of Long Island's 82 McDonalds locations throughout November and December for their Annual Food Drive, this year benefitting Long Island Cares.
 
Eagle Rock Apartment Complexes Leasing Offices - Carle Place, Hicksville, Mineola, Woodbury locations ONLY
 
Signature Properties Annual Food Drive at all 7 locations
157 East Main Street, Huntington
157 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor
172 Main Street, Northport
1170 East Jericho Turnpike, Huntington
7 W Main Street, Smithtown
33 Jackson Avenue, Syosset
126 W Main St Babylon

Canned Fruits & Vegetable Drive, All Long Island Cares locations - Help us gear up for Thanksgiving by donating canned fruits and veggies now! 
  
Thanksgiving Food Drive Registration - Call 631-582-3663 ext. 113 to register for a Thanksgiving Food Drive - spots fill quickly!

  

November 1st
Sunday, November 1 -  Girls Scout Troop 1032 "Stuff a Truck", King Kullen in Lindenhurst - Food will be collected outside the store from 11am - 3pm!

Sunday, November 1 - Suffolk Federal Credit Union Annual Food Drive Begins - Items are being collected at  all locations .
  

Week of November 2nd
Monday, November 2 - East Northport McDonalds Food Drive Kickoff Event, 1999 Jericho Turnpike in East Northport - Drop off a nonperishable to McDonalds to kick off the Annual McDonalds Island-wide Food Drive. Take a photo with Ronald and LI Cares Mascot, Asparagus! 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM.

Thursday November 5 - WALK Radio 14th Annual "Thanks For Giving" Food Drive, King Kullen at 2730 Sunrise Highway, Bellmore - Stop by King Kullen to shop and donate a traditional Thanksgiving food item and help stuff our truck! Volunteers on site to collect from 10AM to 6PM. Don't miss WALK 97.5's LIVE BROADCAST from 5am to 7pm on November 19th for the food drive finale. 

Friday November 6 - WALK Radio 14th Annual "Thanks For Giving" Food Drive, King Kullen at 271 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset - Stop by King Kullen to shop and donate a traditional Thanksgiving food item and help stuff our truck! Volunteers on site to collect from 10AM to 6PM. Don't miss WALK 97.5's LIVE BROADCAST from 5am to 7pm on November 19th for the food drive finale. 

Saturday November 7 - WALK Radio 14th Annual "Thanks for Giving" Food Drive, King Kullen at 275 W. Jericho Turnpike, Huntington Station, NY 11746 - Stop by King Kullen to shop and donate a traditional Thanksgiving food item and help stuff our truck! Volunteers on site to collect from 10AM to 6PM. Don't miss WALK 97.5's LIVE BROADCAST from 5am to 7pm on November 19th for the food drive finale.

Saturday, November 7 - #HarryLivesOn Tweetchat - Join us for our monthly tweetchat with the Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida about Harry Chapin's life and legacy! This month we're chatting about Harry's legacy.  Follow us today to join the conversation!

Saturday November 7 - 5th SPIRITUAL AWARENESS SEMINAR at the Islandia Marriot from 1PM to 5PM hosted by Hands of Enlightenment. Please bring a donation!
 
Saturday November 7 - The Funnyman Show, Hungarian Liberty Hall in Ronkonkoma - Hosted by Ellis Adler of Give and Laugh. Comedy and activities for kids 2 to 8 years old from 10am to 4pm.                
 
Saturday November 7 - Cub Scouts 498 "Stuff a Truck" -food will be collected outside Shoprite of West Babylonfrom 1PM to 3PM
 
Sunday November 8 - BARDS Against Hunger at the Huntington Historical Society- Hosted by The Bards Initiative, dedicated to using poetry to help the Long Island community! 2PM to 6PM.

Sunday, November 8 - WALK Radio 14th Annual "Thanks for Giving" Food Drive, King Kullen at 4938 Merrick Road, Massapequa Park, NY 11762 - Stop by King Kullen to shop and donate a traditional Thanksgiving food item and help stuff our truck! Volunteers on site to collect from 10AM to 6PM. Don't miss WALK 97.5's LIVE BROADCAST from 5am to 7pm on November 19th for the food drive finale. 
  
Week of November 9th
Monday, November 9 - New Years BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY COAT DRIVE, Lake Grove, Patchogue, Massapequa, Lawrence, Garden City locations. All Burlington Coat Factories are official drop off sites for gently used coat donations! 

Thursday, November 12 - HSBC Bank Nationwide Food Drive - Feeding America has partnered with HSBC to support food banks nationwide! Drop off Non-perishable food to any HSBC bank until November 19.

Thursday, November 12 - WALK Radio 14th Annual "Thanks For Giving" Food Drive, King Kullen at 472 Lake Avenue, St James  - Stop by King Kullen to shop and donate a traditional Thanksgiving food item and help stuff our truck! Volunteers on site to collect from 10AM to 6PM. Don't miss WALK's LIVE BROADCAST from 5am to 7pm on November 19th for the food drive finale. 

Friday, November 13 - WALK Radio 14th Annual "Thanks For Giving" Food Drive, King Kullen at  1235 Middle Country Road, Middle Island  - Stop by King Kullen to shop and donate a traditional Thanksgiving food item and help stuff our truck! Volunteers on site to collect from 10AM to 6PM. Don't miss WALK's LIVE BROADCAST from 5am to 7pm on November 19th for the food drive finale . 

Saturday, November 14 - WALK Radio 14th Annual "Thanks for Giving" Food Drive, King Kullen at 600 N. Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst, NY 11757 - Stop by King Kullen to shop and donate a traditional Thanksgiving food item and help stuff our truck! Volunteers on site to collect from 10AM to 6PM. Don't miss WALK's LIVE BROADCAST from 5am to 7pm on November 19th for the food drive finale. MEET ASPARAGUS 11AM - NOON!

Saturday November 14 - Hauppauge High School Craft and Gift Fair Food Drive, 500 Lincoln Blvd Hauppauge, NY 11788 - over 80 vendors!

Sunday, November 15 - WALK Radio 14th Annual "Thanks for Giving" Food Drive, King Kullen at 3284 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown - Stop by King Kullen to shop and donate a traditional Thanksgiving food item and help stuff our truck! Volunteers on site to collect from 10AM to 6PM. Don't miss WALK's LIVE BROADCAST from 5am to 7pm on November 19th for the food drive finale. 
  
Week of November 16th

Tuesday November 17 - Lord & Taylor Charity Day - 1440 Northern Blvd. Manhasset - Stop by Lord and Taylor with food donations. Contact directly about sales and promotions
             
Wednesday November 18 - Ladies Night Out Food Drive hosted by Hicks Nurseries 100 Jericho Turnpike, Westbury. Food Donations accepted as you walk throughout Hicks Nurseries vendor fair and enjoy food and drinks.
  
Thursday November 19 - Island Federal Credit Union, Hauppauge - Stuff a Truck and Meet Asaparagus the Dragon from 11am to 1pm! Stop by for Apple Cider and to drop off a non-perishable food donation!

Thursday November 19 - WALK Radio 14th Annual "Thanks For Giving" Food Drive Finale, King Kullen at 120 Veterans Memorial Highway, Commack - Stop by King Kullen to shop and donate a traditional Thanksgiving food item and help stuff our truck! Volunteers on site to collect from 5 AM to 7 PM.  LIVE BROADCAST ALL DAY! MEET ASPARAGUS 11AM - NOON!

Saturday November 21 - "Hitting for Hunger" at LI Sports Zone of Bohemia - Sign up for a baseball clinic for ages 5 to 17. Admission is a minimum of 5 cans of food donations. Registration is required!
 
Saturday November 21 - Music by Kids The Rock Underground Music School of Commack Performance at Katie's of Smithtown
 
Saturday November 21 & Sunday November 22 - JVC Broadcasting 8th Annual "Food Fight" Stuff A Truck in the Centereach Mall Parking Lot  - Get ready to have a fight, food fight that is! Donate non-perishable foods to your favorite JVC Station; Party 105, La Fiesta, MyCountry, or LI News Radio. Each station will be onsite taking turns playing music and encouraging listeners to stop by with food. This is a two-day event on November 21st and 22nd from 10am to 6pm daily. The parking lot the Stuff A Truck is located in is in front of Café Figaro, and conveniently across from Walmart of Centereach.
Week of November 23
Friday, November 27 - Food and Item Drive, YMCA of Long Island - Pay no joiner fee when you donate four items of canned or dry goods at Bay Shore, East Hampton, Glen Cove, Huntington or Patchogue locations. Ends November 30.
  
Drop Off Locations
Old Navy -Ongoing food drive at these select stores!!! Bay Shore, Bohemia, Hicksville, Huntington, Lake Grove, Levittown, West Babylon
 
Marshalls - Ongoing food drive at these select stores!!!Commack, East Islip, Huntington, Jericho, Melville, Miller Place, North Massapequa, Patchogue, Shirley, Stony Brook, West Babylon
 
Petco - Pet Food Donations accepted at Rocky Point, Baldwin, Bay Shore, Carle Place, Commack, Garden City, Glen Cove, Hampton Bays, Huntington, Lake Grove, Massapequa, Riverhead, Selden, Syosset, West Babylon, Franklin Square , Oceanside, Wantagh locatons.
 
Starkie Bros Garden Center - 721 Main St, Farmingdale 
       
Norh Shore Farms - 40 Vanderbilt Parkway Commack
                
Verde Wine Bar- 450 Commack Rd, Deer Park                                   
 
Dr Koeppel  - 126 Gnarled Hollow Rd East Setauket
 
Sayville Family Dentistry - 207 W Main St, Sayville
 
Dr. Mazer's Office - 140 Terryville Rd. Port Jefferson Station

The Karate Academy of Bethpage - 4072 Hempstead Turnpike, Bethpage - until November 25

Restoration Hardware, 69 Main St East Hampton - until November 17                                             

Connetquot Public Library, 760 Ocean Avenue Bohemia - until November 17
                                               
Proto Dental, 143 North Carll Drive Babylon - until November 13                                                                       
Island Trees Public Library, 38 Farmedge Rd, Levittown, NY 11756 - until November 25              
           
Center for the Alignment of Body, Mind, and Spirit in Wantagh - until November 23
                              
Vitagliano Orthodontics - 15 Higbie Lane West Islip - until November 24                                    

Str8smiles Orthodontics - Old Country Rd Plainview - until November 23

Hudson City Savings Bank - 1320 Stony Brook Road Suite 140 Stony Brook - until November 19
 
West Babylon Public Library - 211 Route 109 West Babylon - until November 13                
 
Brian M. Gill Agency - 713 Walt Whitman Rd Melville - until November 18                     
 
Shirley Community Ambulance - 3 Plymouth Pl, Shirley - until November 17
                         
Manhasset Public Library - 30 Onderdonk Ave, Manhasset - until November 12
                                
Elwood Public Library - 1929 Jericho Turnpike, East Northport
 
Ifix Screens of Dix Hills - 705-a Old Country Rd. Pathmark Shopping Center, Dix Hills
 
Statcare Urgent and Walk In 232 W. Old Country Road Hicksville
 
PM Construction 80 Verdi Street Farmingdale
 
Sachem Public Library 150 Holbrook Rd. Holbrook
        
Long Island Vaporium    401 Hawkins Ave Suite 4, Lake Ronkonkoma
 
Peak Performance Physical Therapy   - Wantagh, Lynbrook, New Hyde Park, Island Park
 
North Fork Chocolate Company - 740 Main Rd Aq uebogue
 
NDA Kitchens and Construction - 192 Smithtown Blvd, Nesconset
 
JJ's Barber Shop - 1575 5th Avenue Bayshore
 
Commack Branch of the Smithtown Library - 3 Indian Head Rd Commack  
 
Commack Library 18 Hauppauge Road Commack
        
Comsewogue Library - 170 Terryville Rd Port Jefferson Station
        
Copiague Library - 50 Deauville Blvd Copiague
 
Deer Park Library - 44 Lake Avenue Deer Park
               
East Islip Library - 381 East Main Street East Islip             
 
Floral Park Library - 17 Caroline Pl Floral Park      
 
Freeport Library - 144 W Merrick Rd Freeport   
               
Hauppauge Library - 601 Veterans Hwy Hauppauge            
               
Huntington Library338 Main Street Huntington
 
Islip Library - 71 Monell Avenue Islip  
 
Kings Park Library  - 1 Church Street Kings Park
 
Locust Valley Library - 601 Veterans Hwy Locust Valley
 
Merrick Library - 2279 Merrick Avenue Merrick
             
 Oceanside Library - 30 Davison Avenue Oceanside
 
 Seaford Public Library   2234 Jackson Avenue Seaford
           
Smithtown Library - 1 North Country Rd Smithtown
          
 Wantagh Library - 3285 Park Avenue Wantagh 
               
Fleet Appliance - 501 W Main Street Patchogue             
               
Huntington Arts Council - 213 Main Street Huntington
               
LI Drum Center1460 Old Country Rd Plainview          
               
Party Hardy - 145 Smithtown Blvd. Nesconset       
 
Party Hardy - 159-8 New York 25AMiller Place
       
Suffolk County Girl Scouts - 442 Moreland Rd. Commack
               
Suffolk County Girl Scouts - 1500 Lakeview Ave. P.O. Box 243 Bayport      
            
Suffolk County Girl Scouts - 854 East Main St. Riverhead
 
The Silver Broom Ministries - 46 Railroad Avenue Sayville
 
Theresas Family Cleaning -341 Route 25A Rocky Point  
  
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Long Island Cares, Inc.

10 Davids Drive

Hauppauge NY 11788

(631)-582-FOOD

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