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We were happy to supply Grant funds to Food Bank of Central New York, based out of Syracuse. Our funds will contribute to the purchase of snow removal equipment. Food Bank of Central New York provides door to door delivery of nutritious food, offering convenience and increased access for over 350 community partners. They also pick up donations of perishable foods daily from area retailers.

We were happy to fulfill a Grant request for Comfort Food Community, based out of Greenwich, NY. Our funds will be used to support their overall project goal of enhancing food security and availability, strengthen disaster preparedness and response and to ensure the operational effectiveness of their Food & Farm Hub.

We were happy to support CancerCare with Grant funds. CancerCare Long Island provides services for local Long Island cancer patients, post-treatment survivors, caregivers and the bereaved. Their services include the Hopeline, individual counseling, resource navigation sessions, wig clinics, Coping Circle workshops and community programs.

We were happy to return to St. Francis Hospital to provide Grant funds to support their St. Francis Interventional Cardiology Educational Broadcast Studio project. St. Francis Hospital continues to invest in educational opportunities involving live broadcasts to cardiologists around the world. In addition to clinical activities in the cardiac catherization lab at SFH, the interventional cardiologists have created a worldwide following around their educational offerings through the creation of Optimizing PCI (OPCI), a series of educational meetings dedicated to helping cardiologists optimize decision-making in interventional cardiac procedures with a focus on state-of-the-art intravascular imaging and physiology technologies (www.opci.live).

We were happy to support Camp HorseAbility in Old Westbury, NY by providing grant funds to contribute to their equine-assisted programs and services. HorseAbility is one of only two Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) Premier Accredited Centers on Long Island.

We were happy to provide Grant funds to NCCN Foundation to assist them in educating people about the challenges and complexities of a cancer diagnosis, so they are empowered to be informed and active in their care and the care of their loved ones. Our funds will help support updates and additions to the NCCN Guidelines for Patients Library including adapting or updating guideline books, dissemination and evaluations of books and related patient resources to reflect current information in the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

We were happy to return to Manhasset, NY to present Grant funds to Tuesday’s Children. Our funds will help them to meet the growing demand for mental health and wellness programs among their service populations, providing needed resources to expand their innovative and far-reaching programs to families throughout the United States. They plan to expand community outreach and awareness of digital programs and offer more of the following in-person and digital programs and services.

We were happy to fulfill a Grant request to independent Group Home Living Program, Inc. to assist in the installation of a standby generator for their Flanders Intermediate Care Facility, home to 12 medically frail residents.

We were happy to fulfill a Grant request from Catholic Health Home Care to help with their Nurse Residency Program. The NRP aims to address the critical nursing shortage in home care staffing to recruit and retain new nurses to join their team. The NRP provides a solid foundation for newly graduated nurses transitioning from student to professional nurse. The 12-month program exposes new graduates to home care through a mix of educational curriculum, supervised patient visits, and ongoing mentor/peer support and collaboration with their nursing leadership.