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Long Island Cares receives $25,000 grant securing the grant, shared her perspective on the organization’s initiatives and the cenLong Island Cares, the food tral role the grant will play in bank responsible that supplies assisting the Center for Collabmillions of pounds of food each orative Assistance in Freeport. “This foundation has been year to Long Islanders in need, and whose busiest food pantry very supportive to Long Island has operated in Freeport since Cares,” Rosati said, “and support like that — 2010, has received a having donors and $25,000 grant from foundations that the Long Island believe in what you Community Foundo and trust us to dation. do right by the peoThis financial ple that we serve — boost comes as the really makes a organization conhuge difference in tinues its efforts to our ability to fulfill combat hunger and JessIcA RosATI our mission. We’re food insecurity in Vice president, just incredibly F r e e p o r t a n d Long Island Cares grateful that across Long Island. they’ve trusted us The Long Island Community Foundation, based to be a recipient of this grant, in Melville, is a grantmaking and to really help us help the foundation that brings together Freeport community.” Long Island Cares served “individuals, families, foundations, and business to build a nearly 69,000 people in 2023, a better community, and support remarkable 34 increase over nonprofits… in an effort to 2022. It provided nearly 587,000 ensure meaningful opportuni- meals, an increase of 27 perties and a better quality of life cent over 2022. “The numbers really tell a for all Long Islanders,” accordvery detailed story,” Rosati ing to the foundation’s website. Jessica Rosati, vice presi- said, “about what the need realdent for programs and commu- ly is here on Long Island, and nity services at Long Island that a lot of people are relying Cares, who played a key role in Continued on page 8
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Karine austin, assistant vice president and chair of Martin Luther King Jr. committee at Mount Sinai South nassau, left, with amber Vitale and her husband Joe Vitale proudly showing off commemorative plaque/glass emblem for MSSn Martin Luther King Jr. service award
Mount Sinai South Nassau celebrates Dr. King’s legacy By MoHAMMAD RAFIQ mrafiq@liherald.com
In a heartwarming celebration of the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital hosted a special event at which children from the nearby De La Salle School, in Freeport, showcased their creative talents. The Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration honored the civil rights leader with a contest that featured middle school students’ artwork. The hospital’s Martin Luther King Jr. Committee was created 16 years ago, and has been chaired by Karine Austin, assistant vice president for oncology services, since
2011. It focuses on widening awareness of King’s influence in the field of health care and giving back to the community. Committee members believe in the power of younger generations, and for the past three years they have collaborated with students to incorporate their perspectives, through writing and visual art, into the annual celebration. “The purpose of the committee is to give back to the community, but also to bring awareness to the organization of how much Dr. King influences us in the field of health care, and what we can do to give back not only to patients, but colleague to colleague,” Continued on page 9
he reality is there’s an increased need.