ICYMI: Huntington Boy Volunteers At Long Island Cares To 'Give Back'

HUNTINGTON, NY — Sam Lavitt was only 11 when his mother first took him to volunteer at Long Island Cares, an organization dedicated to serving Long Island's hungry and food insecure populations.

Lavitt is now 18 and still volunteering for the Harry Chapin Food Bank. And he has no plans on stopping his volunteer work, according to a news release from Long Island Cares.

"Volunteering so young gave me a sense of how important it is to give back to the community," Lavitt said. "It also helped me get outside my comfort zone."

Lavitt has become a regular when it comes to giving back. He volunteers every Tuesday afternoon at Long Island Cares's Huntington Station satellite and has missed only a week here and there for the past seven years.

While Lavitt said he was reluctant to volunteer for the food bank at first, the experience opened him up to it.

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