The Western Steering Committee meets on the second Tuesday of most months at the LICC's Hempstead office. It handles the concerns of the council in outreach activities, particularly in the Nassau County area. The Committee also reviews the food distributions in the Riverhead and Freeport Emergency Food Centers. Here are the reported distributions for the year 2008:

2008	Households	Children	Adults	Seniors	Totals
Jan.	346	505	378	34	917
Feb.	225	375	271	33	904
Mar.	265	327	337	40	704
Apr.	270	401	317	40	758
May	266	404	398	41	763
June	196	348	236	25	609
July	266	416	320	33	769
Aug.	328	586	388	33	1,007
Sept.	409	631	494	52	1,177
Oct.	531	863	655	97	1,615
Nov.	475	697	522	49	1,268
Dec.	417	844	546	15	1,283
Avg.	333	533	405	41	1007
2008 Freeport Food Center Distributions

2008	Households	Children	Adults	Seniors	Totals
Jan.	332	272	341	69	644
Feb.	278	230	319	58	607
Mar	240	184	244	71	444
Apr.	253	252	307	77	636
May	217	240	264	70	574
June	196	213	215	57	485
July	276	271	319	82	672
Aug.	283	316	311	79	706
Sept.	327	393	396	90	879
Oct.	400	381	433	143	957
Nov.	390	404	424	134	962
Dec.	503	372	578	140	1090
Avg.	308	294	346	89	721
2008 Riverhead Food Center Distributions

The "Total" figure is the sum of the individuals in the children, adult and senior column for each month. Note that the monthly totals, which represent the number of individuals fed, increases substantially toward the end of the year as the economy continued to deteriorate. However, the number of households increases only slightly, indicating that household size is increasing, with more seniors and children moving in.

The Women at the Well programs for incarcerated women have demonstrated their ability to reduce recidivism in those it serves, but has been temporarily discontinued because of lack of funding.

The Gift of the Heart Kit program for Church World Service (CWS) has been supported by coordinating Kit preparation by local church members and the CWS-supplied truck transport of the finished Kits to the CWS processing center in Maryland. The Kits are stored in the Maryland Center and other locations, and provide disaster relief throughout the world in times of need.

The Committee also has taken on responsibility for the LICC's annual Easter Dawn Service at Jones Beach, which has attracted a substantial following in recent years, with estimated attendance of more than 200 in 2008.

Rev. Thomas W. Goodhue	Rev. Jonathan Hopkins	Ms. Grace MacMillan
Ms. Martha Graciano	Rev. Barbara Hosmer	Rev. James Only
Ms. Adrienne Flipse-Hausche, Esq.	Mr. Alric L. Kennedy	Rev. Nancy Schaffer
Rev. Keith Harris	Mr. Dick MacMillan, Chair	Rev. Larry Swensen