Island Harvest

See schedule othe organization is a leading human services organization whose mission is to end hunger and reduce food waste on long Island. The organization's work tackles real-life issues by investigating and addressing the root causes of poverty, hunger, and food insecurity, resulting in actionable, innovative programs. By continuing to strengthen its community-based agency network, institute equity-focused services, upgrade nutrition policy guidelines and programming to emphasize nutrition-focused education and outreach, the organization believes it is a true catalyst for change in hunger-relief on long island.in addition, the organization has formed robust advocacy efforts to advance its work, developed a workforce skills development institute, and manages an organic farm, a greenhouse, and giving gardens across long Island. The organization successfully launched a capital campaign in 2016, resulting in the organization's purchase of a food collection/distribution and network services center in melville, ny. The organization's work directly supports children, families, seniors, and veterans who turn to the organization in times of crisis through its mobile outreach program and supports a network of community-based non-profit organizations and emergency feeding programs. The organization is a member of feeding america, a nationwide network of food banks leading the work to solve hunger in the u.s.for more than 30 years, the organization has been successfully providing emergency food relief services and holistic support to people in need. Since its founding in 1992, the organization has safely transported and delivered more than 200 million pounds of quality food.as long Island's largest hunger relief organization, the organization is among the region's leading organizations in emergency response readiness for food and product distribution and support as evidenced by the organization's rapid and continued response to community and local disasters, the government shutdown, superstorm sandy, hurricanes irma, harvey, and maria, and most recently, the covid-19 pandemic. Through the organization's experience in the field, it has learned that addressing food insecurity involves more than just giving a can of food. It encompasses the delivery of innovative and holistic programs and services, including nutrition education, culinary demonstrations, job training, assistance with benefits applications, including the supplemental nutrition assistance program ("snap"), and valuable community referrals.