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The mission shares donated decorations with families in need at no charge during its community outreaches from Tuesdays through Fridays.

Meltzer Lippe’s annual food drive collected more than 9,300 pounds of food that was donated to Long Island Cares.

Nonprofits try to leverage the energy of GivingTuesday to tell their stories, engage advocates and build caring groups of benefactors for their important missions.

More than 100 pizzerias donated $5 for each pie sold on Pizza Strong Day.

At last count, more than 4,300 turkeys were donated to the drive, which also marked its 15th anniversary.

The money went towards the purchase and planting of a variety of shrubs and flowers, as well as new lighting.

Sponsored by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York Water Environment Association, the poster contest theme challenges students to create their own superhero to inspire environmental stewardship.

The family-fun event featured a free youth basketball clinic for 50 Long Island kids.

Joel was presented with a key to the town and the street in front of his motorcycle shop, 20th Century Cycles, was renamed Billy Joel Way.

The event, which was held for the first time since the pandemic, was hosted by the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association.

The annual fundraising event is scheduled for 7 p.m. through 11 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9.

The event is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14 on the Great Lawn at Babylon Town Hall at 200 East Sunrise Highway in Lindenhurst.

The gala is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23 at the Westbury Manor.

The donation will support the group’s pollinator project, an effort to replenish the area with plants and flowers that attract bees.

Helping Hands, a Huntington Station nonprofit, runs its annual Best First Day program each August, an initiative designed to equip Huntington residents facing economic challenges with backpacks and crucial school supplies.

Patchogue-Medford High School senior Rithika Sivapokaran was selected as a member of the prestigious 2023 Bezos Scholars Program.

Expectant moms met the staff who will help deliver their babies and also talked with other moms-to-be.

As the director of External and Legislative Affairs for AT&T Services, Paris-Campbell is a highly visible community advocate with close ties to government officials and other Long Island leaders.

Vincent Ammirati, a long-time Long Island volunteer fireman, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Firefighter’s Home skilled-nursing facility.

West Babylon-based Federation of Organizations held its third annual Nine & Dine Golf Outing last month.

The auditions are open to children ages 6 to 15 with at least two years of dance training.