IGA Supermarkets Donates Plastic Bag Fee To Huntington Hospital

The owners of IGA supermarkets announced they have donated the Suffolk County five-cent plastic bag fees from their Fort Salonga and East Northport stores to Huntington Hospital.

In 2018, they collected $17,810, which will aid Huntington Hospital's newly opened Center for Mothers and Babies - a unit with 19 private rooms for mothers and their babies complete with sleeper sofas for a significant other.

According to Northwell Health, IGA owners Charles and Helen Reichert have been major donors to Huntington Hospital.

“We greatly appreciate the Reichert family’s continued philanthropic support of Huntington Hospital,” said Nick Fitterman, MD, executive director of Huntington Hospital. “Charles and his family’s generosity has helped Huntington Hospital to continue to provide cutting-edge medical care to the people of Suffolk County.”