Teachers FCU Of Hauppauge Holds Thanksgiving Food Drive

HAUPPAUGE, NY — Teachers Federal Credit Union recently hosted a food drive and donated 40 baskets of traditional Thanksgiving foods to the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless (LICH), according to a news release.

Teachers FCU encouraged its employees to participate in the company-funded initiative, which took place on Nov. 16. Each basket will be donated to a family in need through LICH.

LICH was originally founded in 1985 as a grassroots local advocacy effort to bring non-profits and other community partners together to unite around the cause of homelessness.

"Teachers is proud to support the LICH in its mission to alleviate the issues associated with homelessness and poverty for homeless and at-risk persons in Nassau and Suffolk Counties," the company wrote in a statement.