COMMUNITY RESOURCES (SOCIAL SERVICES)
Advocacy for the Poor: MICAH (Mobilized Interfaith Coalition Against Hunger)
Chaplaincy Services
Emergency Food Programs
Electricity & Utilities Assistance
Family Support
Housing Assistance
Information & Referral Services
Medical Assistance
Migrant/Seasonal Workers Thanksgiving Dinner
Prescription & Eyeglasses Assistance
Transportation Assistance
"Women at the Well" (re-entry program for released women inmates)

CORE OPERATIONS
Infrastructure & Capacity-building
Equipment
Information Technology
Technical Support

VEHICLES
A van for Riverhead that KeySpan donated to us nearly seven years ago is about to expire. We've put over 100,000 miles on it. Our Riverhead staff does extensive food pick-ups and deliveries and travels as far away as the North Shore of Nassau County to pick up clothes, supplies, and other items our East End clients need. We need a new van for Riverhead, and we need a new van for our Freeport Emergency Food Center for the same purposes.

BUILDINGS
Over 70 years ago our predecessors began as a ministry to migrant workers on the East End. As the ministry expanded, it began also to serve individuals and families in crisis, people who had lost their jobs, lost their homes due to a fire, or experienced the sudden death of a breadwinner with no other friends or relatives to whom they could turn for temporary assistance. We currently maintain three facilities, one in Riverhead (Suffolk County), and two in Nassau County (Hempstead and Freeport).

Now more than half our clients are the working poor who, despite working as many hours as is humanly possible, cannot earn enough to pay for food, shelter, utilities, medical bills, transportation, and other basic needs. As affordable housing becomes ever more scarce on Long Island and the number of uninsured continues to rise, our client load has increased to the point where our current facilities are no longer adequate.

Our Riverhead facility, located at 407 Osborne Avenue, serves between 600 and 800 clients a month. We need additional space for client overflow and additional storage space for donations of food, winter coats, clothing, bedding and blankets. The Riverhead emergency food center needs at least 2,000 square feet or more of usable space. It needs to be close to major transportation routes, with sufficient storage space for the donations we receive, and adequate parking space for our staff and clients who drive. Ideally, we should purchase a building with about 3,000 square feet of usable space so we can expand to add new programs for current and future client needs.

Our Nassau County Emergency Food Center is located at 450 North Main Street in Freeport, in a building owned by Nassau County. These are temporary quarters with insufficient space, a roof that leaks whenever it rains, and the building is slated for demolition. Our administrative headquarters, located at 1644 Denton Green in Hempstead, are too small to house the emergency food center.

We need to combine our administrative headquarters and Nassau Emergency Food Center to increase efficiency. To do so we need to purchase a building with at least 3,500 square feet of usable space, of which 1,500 square feet will be for the Emergency Food Center and 2,000 square feet will be for our administrative operations that support the emergency food and other programs. We currently serve between 700 and 900 a month through our Nassau facilities. Ideally we should purchase a building of 5,000 square feet of usable space so we can build capacity and add new programs to meet current and future needs of our Nassau County clients. The building will need to be close to major public transportation routes, with sufficient storage space for the donations we receive, and adequate parking space for our staff and clients who drive.

Both buildings will need rehabilitation and interior refurbishing. We possess a fair amount of equipment at the Freeport Food Center (freezers, refrigerators, some storage shelves) but will need considerably more wire shelving for food storage, a single door commercial freezer, a hand truck (at least 2' x 3'), a cart, a large work table for sorting food, and an unloading conveyer to unload deliveries from a truck. A new Riverhead facility will require the same equipment for its food center operations, as well as storage bins and clothing racks for storage of donated clothing, winter coats, bedding and blankets. Some carpentry will be required to construct additional storage compartments and closets at both facilities.

RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
Long Island Multi-Faith Forum

SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Annual Convocation
Annual Meeting
Predatory Lending/Personal Financial Education Seminars

PUBLICATIONS
Monthly Newsletter Prelude
Directory of Long Island Churches and Synagogues

Naming and Tribute opportunities are available for any of the above-listed programs. We also have planned giving opportunities that will sustain these programs in perpetuity. Please call Sara C. Weiss, Director of Development, at 516-565-0290, ext. 207, for more information or to arrange a donation and/or planned gift to the Long Island Council of Churches.

LONG ISLAND COUNCIL OF CHURCHES' STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO DONORS:
The Long Island Council of Churches is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization governed by a Board of Governors comprised of local clergy and lay denominational representatives. Our Board of Governors and Finance Committee advise the Executive Director and Director of Finance and provide financial oversight. An annual Audited Financial Statement is prepared by an independent auditor in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. If you would like a copy of our most recent Audited Financial Statement, please call Sara Weiss, Director of Development, at 516-565-0290, ext. 207, or e-mail your request to: saraweiss@optonline.net and she will be happy to send you a copy.