Harry Chapin Food Bank and Humanitarian Center to Open in Huntington Station

Long Island Cares, Inc. - The Harry Chapin Food Bank and Humanitarian Center will have a ribbon-cutting on Friday at 220 Broadway in Huntington Station at 10 a.m.

The Huntington Station site will be the organization’s third community-based program located on Long Island. It will provide emergency food, household supplies, personal care products and community support services to residents experiencing hunger or food insecurity, or both.

In addition, the new location will house the organization’s government affairs and social advocacy programs, veterans outreach services and Vets Work employment project.

Long Island Cares, Inc. - The Harry Chapin Food Bank is the region’s first food bank, and has served the hungry on Long Island since 1980.

The organization was founded by the late singer, Grammy-Award winning songwriter and social activist Harry Chapin in response to the growing issue of hunger on Long Island. It is continued today by his wife and partner Sandy Chapin, its board of directors and staff working out of their 35,000 square foot facility in Hauppauge and their storefront hunger assistance centers in Freeport and Lindenhurst.