Good News

A group of Long Island real estate brokers are making wishes come true for children with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Doherty Enterprises, the franchisee for Panera Bread on Long Island, donated over $5,000 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Long Island chapter.

A Long Island credit union held a beauty contest for pets as a way to help support pet owners in need.

Suffolk County Community College was awarded $1 million from New York State as part of the Energy to Lead Competition.

Brokers from RIPCO Real Estate participated in the Covenant House’s Real Estate Executive Sleep Out last Thursday, spending a night sleeping on a New York City street to raise money for homeless teens.

The Nassau County Police Department welcomed three new members to its K-9 unit.

The Town of Southampton is adding two new passenger buses to its Senior Shuttle fleet thanks to a grant from the New York State Department of Transportation.

More than 20 Long Island CEOs, executives and employees joined staff from Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk this summer to help build two new homes in Bay Shore.

Noodles & Company is teaming up with No Kid Hungry to raise money to help end childhood hunger.

United Way of Long Island celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Stuff-A-Bus program with Suffolk Transportation Service on Friday.

Thousands of boxes of crayons, pencils, notebooks, rulers and more were collected by two dozen employee volunteers for their annual school supply drive.

QuickChek Corporation this week celebrated the success of its fifth annual Dog Tag Campaign for post-9/11 service members and their families.

Doug DeLorenzo, owner of Beach House Tanning Salon, is extending special offers to clients who make a donation of food or school supplies for Long Island Cares.

Over the last seven years, the Campaign for Stony Brook raised $630.7 million from 47,961 friends, alumni, foundations and businesses, exceeding its goal of $600 million.

IKEA Long Island announced on Tuesday a donation of 8 mattresses to Hope For Youth for their Sibling Reunification Program.

The Peconic Land Trust celebrated 35 years of conservation at it’s 2018 Through Farms and Fields event Sunday.

Approximately $525,000 in grant funding from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund as part of the Trees for Tribs Grant Program.

“Comeback Season: Sports After 9/11” explores how sports helped unite the country and features interviews with athletes such as Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza.

Island Harvest Food Bank was at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on Tuesday morning to distribute over 12 tons of food with the help of local residents and elected officials.

The Long Island Coalition for the Homeless is teaming up with IKEA Long Island to help homeless children start the school year off right with the nonprofit’s annual Backpack Pirates event.