Residents at The Bristal of East Northport Provide Winter Coats to Long Islanders in Need

Former Valley Stream resident provides assistance to those in need: Ninety-one year-old, Margaretha DeJong, (second from right), a former resident of Valley Stream who now lives at the Bristal Assisted Living Community in East Northport, was among the Bristal Helping Hands volunteers, who delivered more than forty winter coats to the Helping Hands Rescue Mission in Huntington Station.

Bristal Helping Hands is a Bristal Assisted Living Community Program that enables Bristal residents to volunteer in and around their local communities. Ms. McCauliffe and Ms. DeJong were joined by (left to right): Reverend Rosemarie Gaines, her grandson Joseph, her daughter Reverend Kimberly Gambino, Bristal Recreation Assistant Leah Scott, and Barbara Heaphy the Recreation Director at The Bristal of East Northport.

The Helping Hands Rescue Mission was founded in 1965 by Reverend J.A. Gaines, his wife, Reverend Rose Marie Gaines, and her mother, Florence E. Meringola. After witnessing local poverty conditions first hand, they invested everything that they had with the view that if they could help even one person it was worth the investment.