Pictured: Molly receiving a check from LI Cares VP for Agency Relations Katrina Hill

We are committed to ensuring everyone in our community has enough to eat and access to the most nutritious food. We are grateful to you and all our generous donors and partners for enabling us to continue providing for everyone who comes to us. A Big THANK YOU to Long Island Cares for passing along an anonymous donation for the pantries on the East End! This donation will allow us to take one step closer to purchasing a much-needed walk-in refrigerator/freezer to store even more fresh food.

Would you like to make a difference? Sign up to volunteer, organize a collection drive, make a donation, or help spread the word.❤️

Pictured: Volunteer Anne Ramunno, Christine from LI Cares, and Francisco distributing farm fresh produce

In the month of May, we had 1,630 visits to our food pantry. So far this year, we have distributed a total of 300,000 meals worth of groceries to our neighbors!

We provided 47,914 meals worth of food to our customers this month. Out of those meals, 18,755 were for children in our community. Each summer, we are committed to providing an extra bag containing 5 meals for local children, along with the regular 3 bags of groceries provided to families each week. The food we are able to offer is dependent on community support.

Your gifts allow everyone in our community to put healthy food on the table, week after week.

UPCOMING FOOD DRIVES:

Saturday, June 7th: 10am - 4pm

King Kullen of Hampton Bays

52 E Montauk Hwy

Hampton Bays, NY 11946

Sunday, June 8th: 10am - 4pm

King Kullen of Bridgehampton

2044 Montauk Hwy

Bridgehampton, NY 11932

Thank you to LI Cares for their support in setting these up! Send us an email if you would like to volunteer to help.

Want to do more to help us have enough food? Sign Up if you are willing to pick up food from a local retailer that wants to donate to us.

This month, we hosted a 'Get Ready for Summer' open house. All of our customers were invited to come and shop for free clothing, shoes, personal care products, and household items. Everyone had a chance to win a new bicycle donated to us by a volunteer, received free museum passes thanks to our friends at CMEE and the South Fork Natural History Museum, and was given a book filled with local, fun, free events to enjoy with their families this summer.

Our Assistance Program serves local children, adults, and families with a wide range of support. We are happy to see that many of our customers have begun to receive increased work hours now that summer is almost here, but if they fall on hard times, we remain committed to providing support.

Here are but a few examples of what support our Assistance Program provided in the past month:

• Paid for tuxedos and dresses for High School students to attend their school prom
• Paid rent for a senior that lost his job suddenly
• Set up a medical ride for seniors and a young student with cancer
• Paid a gas bill for a food pantry client living with no hot water
• Made PSEG payments for two seniors that fell behind on their bills
• Purchased medication for a food pantry client who has cancer

We are able to be a crucial safety net thanks to donors like you. 

Take the Plunge to End Hunger! 

Join us for our 4th annual Moonlit Plunge on Thursday, July 10th, at the famed Coopers Beach. $60 per person. Sponsorship opportunities available.

Don't miss the best night of the summer! If you have joined us before, you understand the excitement. If not, you will love the fun beach party vibe, burgers from Coopers Beach Shack, taking the plunge (optional) with hundreds of new friends, dancing along with DJ Rah-G-Raj, and sitting around the bonfire at the end of the night.

A big thank you to Southampton Village Mayor and Board of Trustees, Coopers Beach Shack, Shippy's Restaurant, and the Southampton Village Ocean Rescue Squad for their help to make the event possible!

Pictured: Kids on our parade float in 2023. Send us an email if your child would like to join us this year.

We need your help to ensure no child goes hungry this summer! Your support of our Lunchbox Kids program helps us to feed nearly 1,000 kids every month.

Although parents and caregivers work hard to provide for their children, low wages coupled with the high cost of housing make it difficult to have enough money to buy food. In the Summer months, it only gets harder. More than 50% of students in East End schools depend on free school meals, and so we are committed to providing extra food when school is not in session.



Together, we can ensure all children have a fun, healthy, and enriching summer. Will you join us in giving local kids great nutritious food and a stress-free summer?

Want to get involved? We would love to have student and adult volunteers helping this summer. Fill out a volunteer application here.

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

We are so grateful to Stop & Shop Southampton for donating fresh food for us to share every week and spotlighting our work as a Blooms for Good recipient this month🤍

“Those who are the happiest are those who do the most for others." - Booker T. Washington

Help make a difference in our community, sign up to join our team of dedicated volunteers.

PARTNERS

Thank you to these local businesses and organizations

who help make our work possible:

• Amber Waves
• ARF Hamptons
• Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
• Book Fairies
• Boyscouts Troup 58
• Bridgehampton UFSD
• Carissa's Bakery
• Catena's Market
• Citarella
• Compass Cares
• Coopers Beach Shack
• Corwith Farms
• Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons
• Douglas Elliman
• East End Food Institute
• First Presbyterian Church
• Flour Power
• Food Rescue South Fork
• Goldberg's
• Golden Pear Cafe
• Halsey Farms
• Hampton Bays UFSD
• Hamptons United Methodist Church
• HAPCO Farms/Fresh from the Start 
• Hometown Taxi
• Island Harvest
• Jones and Little
• Kiwanis Club of Southampton
• The Gertrude and Leonard McComb Foundation
• Lions Club of Southampton
• Long Island Cares

• Mayor Bill Manger and the Village Board of Trustees 
• North Sea Farms
• Old Town Lodge Free Masons
• Organización Latino-Americana
• Our Lady of the Hamptons
• Our Lady of Poland RC Church
• Pajama Program
• Peconic Prime Meats
• Pro Bono Partnership
• Rogers Family Farm
• Rogers Memorial Library
• Sabrosa Mexican Grill
• Sag Harbor UFSD
• Share the Harvest
• Shinnecock Nation
• Shippy's Restaurant
• Slow Food East End
• Sotheby's International Realty
• South Fork Bakery
• Southampton Little League
• Southampton Rotary
• Southampton Union Free School District
• Spanish Apostolate 
• Supervisor Maria Moore and the Southampton Town Board
• Supplies for Success
• SYS Recreation Center
• Tate's Bakeshop
• The Children's School
• The Food Lab
• The Green Thumb
• Tuckahoe CSD
• Windmill Lane Bake Shop

Thank you for your incredible support!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

1. What is the best way to help?

Monetary donations directly help us to feed our neighbors in need. Donate here!

2. Are you accepting food or clothing donations?

We are currently accepting donations at our new location at 44 Meeting House Lane.

3. Do you need volunteers?

Yes! Please sign up on our website here. 

4. How does one register for the food pantry?

One can register ahead by calling our office (631-259-3550) to speak with our bilingual staff. New customers are welcome to visit during food pantry hours- Wednesdays and Fridays at 44 Meeting House Lane, Southampton from 10AM-12PM. Upon arrival, they will be asked to fill out a registration form and provide valid identification. This form is used solely for reporting numbers to the food bank, so we receive enough food to feed our customers.

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Our mission is simple - to help people in our local community who are in need with dignity and without discrimination. For the past 45 years, we've been able to do that together. We thank you!