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LI Cares, Catholic Health Expand Food Initiative Efforts
Bags-to-go meals will be distributed at walk-in clinics across Long Island.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — Catholic Health and Long Island Cares are coming together for charity.
They launched a food-insecure partnership to help families in the community.
It was started last summer as a pilot program and since then, 900 "bags-to-go" meals have been distributed at Mercy Hospital and the other five Catholic Health hospitals on Long Island.
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Moving forward, the meals are being given out at Catholic Health ambulatory care, walk-in clinics, home-care operations and cancer institute locations.
Harris Beach law firm in Uniondale made a $5,000 donation that will pay for an additional 2,700 meals.
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