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26 LONGISLANDPRESS.COM • DECEMBER 2020 PRESS BUSINESS THE A LIST NAME WEBSITES NEED NOTES 1 Angels on Call N/A. Contact Ginger Hoernig at happyginge@aol.com. New toys, volunteers to wrap Christmas gifts for children in need For more than two decades, Ginger Hoernig has been running Angels on Call every holiday season out of her Huntington Station home. She buys and takes donations of new children’s toys, and then has volunteers help wrap and deliver them to local children in need. 2 Bethany House Bhny.org Sheet sets, blankets, pillows, mattress protectors, comforter sets or bedspreads, cleaning supplies, paper products, instant oatmeal, cereal, juice boxes, fruit snacks, cookies, cake and brownie mixes, condiments, salad dressings, pasta, spaghetti sauce, Metro cards for bus transportation Bethany House started as a small homeless shelter in Roosevelt responding to a growing homeless population in the late 1970s. It now operates five homes on Long Island and serves 85 people on a nightly basis. The organization provides women and children with the services they need to transition to permanent housing when they leave. 3 The Book Fairies Thebookfairies.org Books for all age groups, volunteers in several aspects of organization, monetary donations The Book Fairies is a Freeport-based nonprofit organization that collects and donates books and other reading materials to people in need throughout Long Island and New York City. Books are donated to children living in poverty. 4 Center for Family Support Cfsny.org Monetary donations The Center for Family Support helps people who have developmental disabilities and their families with care coordination and support services. The organization serves Long Island, New York City, Westchester and New Jersey. 5 CARECEN Long Island Carecenny.org Monetary donation, volunteers, interns CARECEN protects Long Island’s immigrant population by providing families with the legal services they need to affirm their status in the country. The organization also offers a pathway to citizenship program and a child refugee unit for unaccompanied children resettling on Long Island. 6 Community Solidarity Communitysolidarity.org Vegetarian groceries, clothing, books, toys, school supplies, volunteers to sort and distribute food each week Community Solidarity runs five weekly food distribution events for individuals and families struggling with food insecurity. The food share is strictly vegetarian. Locations are in Farmingville, Wyandanch, Hempstead, Huntington and Bedford- Stuyvesant. 7 Family & Children’s Association Fcali.org Monetary donations, volunteers FCA serves vulnerable communities on Long Island. Some of the organization’s focuses include drug addiction prevention, treatment and recovery services, mental health for children, family support, residential care and senior services. 8 Helping Hands Rescue Mission Helpinghandsrescuemission. org For toy drive: Unwrapped toys for kids ages 0-13, gift cards for kids ages 14 and up, volunteers to wrap toys. For food pantry: peanut butter and jelly, snack items, tomato products, canned soup, canned fruits and vegetables, cereal, juice boxes, water bottles, soaps and shower gels, cleaning supplies, diapers sizes 4-6, baby wipes Helping Hand Rescue Mission, located on Broadway in Huntington Station, holds a year-round food pantry. Families in need can visit at certain times from Monday through Friday to pick up groceries. The group also holds special clothing, food and toy drives around the holiday season. 9 Hispanic Counseling Center Hispaniccounseling.org Monetary donations Hispanic Counseling Center works to provide mental health, family support, domestic violence and addiction recovery services to Long Island’s Latino residents. Their staff offers services for Hispanic individuals of all ages, including seniors. 10 Island Harvest Islandharvest.org Food items, monetary donations, volunteers Linda Breitstone founded Island Harvest in 1992 to “end hunger and reduce food waste on Long Island.” Today, staff and volunteers collect food that would otherwise go to waste and deliver it to a network of Island Harvest pantries across Long Island. PRESENTED BY Health Personal Real Estate Hospitality Transportation whitmoregroup.com Commercial Funeral Services Life Financial Construction /Communitysolidarity.org /LONGISLANDPRESS.COM /Bhny.org /Thebookfairies.org /Cfsny.org /Carecenny.org link /Fcali.org /Hispaniccounseling.org /Islandharvest.org /whitmoregroup.com link