Food Collection Drive To Be Held In East Northport

EAST NORTHPORT, NY — A food collection drive is scheduled for Friday in East Northport, at the Stop & Shop at 3126 Jericho Turnpike. The drive is a partnership between the supermarket chain, PSEG Long Island and Island Harvest.

Collection hours at the food drive are 8 a.m. through 7 p.m.

September is Hunger Action Month. PSEG Long Island is providing free LED lightbulbs at its Power to Feed Long Island food collection drives. Reusable shopping bags will also be handed out.

Power to Feed Long Island was created by PSEG Long Island in 2021 as a partnership with Island Harvest to help support Long Islanders facing food insecurity at a time when the coronavirus pandemic and rising inflation are straining the inventories of local food banks.

The food drives provide Long Islanders with nearby locations to donate food that will be distributed by Island Harvest back into their communities. Island Harvest supports dozens of local feeding programs, food pantries and soup kitchens, including Church of the Harvest in Riverhead, We All We Got in Smithtown, Feed my Sheep Food Pantry in Old Westbury, Open Arms and Caring Hearts WeeCare in Uniondale, St. Nicholas Church in West Babylon, Manna Ministries in East Northport and several Salvation Army locations throughout Long Island.

The partnership between PSEG Long Island, Island Harvest Food Bank and Stop & Shop supermarkets aims to collect the equivalent of 30,000 meals from July 1 to Sept. 30. As of Aug. 19, the initiative has met 75 percent of the goal.

To support Power to Feed Long Island with a monetary donation online, you may visit the PSEG Feed Long Island website. Every dollar counts as two meals.

Patch has partnered with Feeding America since 2020 to help raise awareness of hunger in our local communities, a persistent national problem exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Feeding America, which supports 200 food banks across the country, estimates that 1 in 8 people face hunger. This is a Patch social good project; Feeding America receives 100 percent of donations. Find out how you can donate in your community or find a food pantry near you.