News and Events

We were happy to once again support Brooklyn Book Bodega with Grant funding to support their ongoing mission to provide families with books. Since 2019, they have helped more than 125,000 kids and families start or add to their home libraries, giving out over 390,000 free books.

We were happy to present Grant funds to AdventHealth Foundation in Orlando, Florida. Our funds will be used to help fund their diagnostic sleep studies, CPAP machines and masks for high-risk sleep apnea heart patients.

AdventHealth’s Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute is leading this project and is uniquely positioned to improve the devastating outcomes of heart disease. In 2006 they established the Trina Hidalgo Heart Care Center to serve their most vulnerable and isolated residents. These are heart patients who are uninsured and many living at poverty levels. This Center is Central Florida’s only cardiac center that provides free evidence-based medical management, education, and support to reduce risks and improve health and quality of life.

We were happy to present Grant funds to United Against Poverty, Inc. in Florida. They began in 2003 and over the past 20 years has built a reputation for comprehensive programming designed to move low-income families out of poverty. There are four support programs: the Member Share Grocery Program, the Crisis Stabilization Program, the Workforce Development Program and Success Training Employment Program in addition to General Education. These programs serve the population whose annual household income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Line in Indian River County, Florida..

We were happy to return to the Mary Brennan INN Soup Kitchen to fulfill a Grant request. This year The INN celebrates their 40th Year of Service and Programs to Long Island’s most vulnerable families and individuals living in poverty. Since their inception in 1983, their organization has grown and continues to use a holistic approach and focus on improving and impacting the community.

We were happy to return to FeedMore WNY to present Grant funds to support their general fund dedicated to constructing a new facility to allow for consolidation and operational improvement. FeedMore WNY has been a critical lifeline of nutritional and social support to their most vulnerable neighbors in Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties for almost 55 years.

We were happy to return to Hamptons Community Outreach/Hamptons Art Camp to present Grant funds. Our funds will be used to serve 200 families within the Shinnecock Indian Reservation with holiday meals this year.

We were happy to provide Grant funds to East End Disability Associates to help their Manorville, New York home with needed repairs. This home houses eight people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

We were happy to fulfill a Grant request for Project MOST to support their after school programming to increase accessibility to all students of low-income families in their community. They provide over $100,000 in financial aid each year to those who cannot afford the $2,000 per year tuition for this program. Our funds will help them continue to meet a rising demand for after school programming in the community.

We were happy to return to Foodlink in Rochester, NY to present Grant funds to support their Nutrition Education programs. Foodlink has a 45-year history of mobilizing a diverse network of community partners to address both the symptoms and root causes of food insecurity.