$75K Grant Awarded To East End Angels Helping Vulnerable

EAST END, NY — Those most vulnerable on the East End during the coronavirus pandemic are the recipients of a much-needed helping hand.

The Long Island Community Foundation announced this week that with a contribution by the Yurman Family Foundation to the COVID-19 Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund, seven East End nonprofits were granted a total of $75,000.

Those grants included $5,000 to the Allied Foundation Diaper Bank, to provide diapers and baby wipes to the Shinnecock and other Native American tribes; a $10,000 grant to Community Action of Southold Town, or CAST, to provide an early literacy and parent support program for low-income immigrant families on the North Fork; $15,000 to Heart of the Hamptons to address food insecurity on the East End; $15,000 for Maureen's Haven to expand emergency services to the homeless population on the East End; $12,000 to the North Fork Spanish Apostolate to provide educational tutoring and school supplies to low-income immigrant families; $10,000 to OLA of Eastern Long Island for bilingual mental health counseling to Latino teenagers; and $8,000 to the Open Arms Food Pantry, also to address food insecurity on the East End.

“The Long Island Community Foundation values our partnership with the Yurman family in helping to improve the quality of life throughout the Long Island community,” said David Okorn, the Foundation’s executive director. “Especially during these unprecedented times, this funding allows nonprofits to provide our East End neighbors with meals and groceries, diapers and baby wipes, mental health counseling, and educational programs.”

“We are pleased to make this donation to the Long Island Community Foundation, in support of their ongoing efforts during these challenging times. Having grown up on Long Island, and now spending our summer and fall in Amagansett, this is a community that is close to our hearts,” says David and Sybil Yurman, co-founders of the Yurman Family Foundation. “Giving back is what makes us human. By supporting communities in need, we are helping each other, changing lives.”