Island Harvest Teams Up With PSEG Employees For Hunger Event

A group of PSEG employees, including Lake Ronkonkoma resident Vincent Diaz, teamed up with Island Harvest Food Bank to combat hunger.

The group was one of many PSEG groups who have sorted through nearly 500,000 pounds of food donated by Long Islanders as part of "Stamp Out Hunger," an initiative of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

The day before Mother’s Day each year, U.S. Postal Service employees collect donated non-perishable food items at homes along their routes. The collected food is donated to area food banks, like Island Harvest, and packed up for area families in need. Without volunteers, like those from PSEG Long Island, the task would be daunting.

"Dozens of PSEG Long Island employees each year volunteer their time at Island Harvest Food Bank,” said Suzanne Brienza, PSEG Long Island director of customer experience and utility marketing. “This volunteer opportunity was even more special because our employees were helping their neighbors on Long Island, while participating in a national event to fight hunger.”

PSEG Long Island employees routinely volunteer their time to support a variety of Island Harvest’s events and activities like various sort and pack opportunities, as well as staffing its annual turkey drive, tending the Healthy Harvest Farm and rescuing good, edible food at restaurants and stores and delivering it to food pantries and kitchens.