Lend A Hand Project http://www.lendahandproject.org Long Island Charity Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:25:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 HAPPENINGS SUMMER 2018 http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-summer-2018/ http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-summer-2018/#respond Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:57:53 +0000 http://www.lendahandproject.org/?p=769 Despite the fact that the temperatures have turned warmer and many of us are in the midst of our summer vacations, there are still many in need throughout Long Island. Regardless of the season, the needs of our Recipients remain constant and the challenge to meet those needs is a year-round effort.With that in mind, we are proud to share our latest accomplishments and plans for the future: Our Spring Event, which was held at Cold Spring Country Club on April 29th, was a great success! The baseball-themed brunch was fun for all, and—most importantly—raised funds that will go directly to helping those who need it most.   Our program at Huntington Hills Nursing Home is helping those residents with no assets or family support. We are providing extra monies each month so residents can afford small items such as a pillow or a haircut. Thank you to Doreen Ottaiano for helping make the program possible and helping us bring joy to these Recipients. We are moving forward to expand this innovative program to additional facilities.   Thank you to Board Member Rabbi Susie Moskowitz for securing the donation of 1,400 pairs of leggings from 18 Rocks, LLC of Melville. This generous donation has enabled us to send many pairs of leggings to all our children, as well as many adult recipients.   Thank you to the students of Roslyn High School, who donated $1,200 over the last three months of the school year for The Lend A Hand Project. Clubs that have participated include the Roslyn Honor Society, the Art Club, and the Students For Social Responsibility Club. We look forward to a continued relationship when the new school year kicks off!   LAHP has partnered with the Senior Dreams Come True charitable division of the Genser Dubow Elder Law firm. As a result of their generosity, we will be providing special assistance to many of our senior Recipients, and for a few of them, we hope to make a summer wish come true. We would like to thank I. J. Morris and Gutterman’s Funeral Homes for their continuing corporate support.   Performer Risa Finkel provided several delightful April evenings at Cabaret Under Glass. She chose The Lend A Hand Project as one of her charitable recipients. Thank you to Risa and Dr. Noah Finkel for your very generous gift.   Once again in May, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Woodbury donated 20% of restaurant receipts from those customers who mentioned our group. To date, Anthony’s—thanks to manager Phil DiNatale—has raised nearly $1,000. The Indian Hills Ladies Golf Outing was dedicated to The Lend A Hand Project and provided us significant financial support, as well as having several new Sponsors joining our program. Thank you to Susan Hirschfeld Mohr for nominating us, and thanks to Ellen Acosta, Helen Rock, and Andy Levy for being at the luncheon to promote LAHP. This outing raised over $3,000 for The Lend A Hand Project. Special thanks to all the Indian Hills Ladies Golfers who participated in this event.   No effort is too small. Ten year old Lily initiated the “Slime Project.” Along with her friend, Zoe, she “manufactured” and sold her artisan slime to friends and donated 100% of her sales to further assist our recipients. Kudos to Lily and Zoe!   We welcome our new Sponsors and thank them for choosing our program. The need for new Sponsors continues to grow as more organizations recognize the unique difference we make in the lives of our Recipients. Currently we have 15 individuals and families waiting to be matched. The impact that you can make on an individual or family is best said by Charles, one of our Recipients: “OMG, thank you for being in my life, I need you so much.” Please contact Case Manager Ellen Acosta or Executive Director Andrew Levy at 631-486-6636 for more information. Have a wonderful and safe summer! We still have a few LAHP hats available for $10.00 each – if you are interested, please call the office.

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Despite the fact that the temperatures have turned warmer and many of us are in the midst of our summer vacations, there are still many in need throughout Long Island. Regardless of the season, the needs of our Recipients remain constant and the challenge to meet those needs is a year-round effort.With that in mind, we are proud to share our latest accomplishments and plans for the future:

  • Our Spring Event, which was held at Cold Spring Country Club on April 29th, was a great success! The baseball-themed brunch was fun for all, and—most importantly—raised funds that will go directly to helping those who need it most.

 

  • Our program at Huntington Hills Nursing Home is helping those residents with no assets or family support. We are providing extra monies each month so residents can afford small items such as a pillow or a haircut. Thank you to Doreen Ottaiano for helping make the program possible and helping us bring joy to these Recipients. We are moving forward to expand this innovative program to additional facilities.

 

  • Thank you to Board Member Rabbi Susie Moskowitz for securing the donation of 1,400 pairs of leggings from 18 Rocks, LLC of Melville. This generous donation has enabled us to send many pairs of leggings to all our children, as well as many adult recipients.

 

  • Thank you to the students of Roslyn High School, who donated $1,200 over the last three months of the school year for The Lend A Hand Project. Clubs that have participated include the Roslyn Honor Society, the Art Club, and the Students For Social Responsibility Club. We look forward to a continued relationship when the new school year kicks off!

 

  • LAHP has partnered with the Senior Dreams Come True charitable division of the Genser Dubow Elder Law firm. As a result of their generosity, we will be providing special assistance to many of our senior Recipients, and for a few of them, we hope to make a summer wish come true.

  • We would like to thank I. J. Morris and Gutterman’s Funeral Homes for their continuing corporate support.

 

  • Performer Risa Finkel provided several delightful April evenings at Cabaret Under Glass. She chose The Lend A Hand Project as one of her charitable recipients. Thank you to Risa and Dr. Noah Finkel for your very generous gift.

 

  • Once again in May, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Woodbury donated 20% of restaurant receipts from those customers who mentioned our group. To date, Anthony’s—thanks to manager Phil DiNatale—has raised nearly $1,000.

  • The Indian Hills Ladies Golf Outing was dedicated to The Lend A Hand Project and provided us significant financial support, as well as having several new Sponsors joining our program. Thank you to Susan Hirschfeld Mohr for nominating us, and thanks to Ellen Acosta, Helen Rock, and Andy Levy for being at the luncheon to promote LAHP. This outing raised over $3,000 for The Lend A Hand Project. Special thanks to all the Indian Hills Ladies Golfers who participated in this event.

 

  • No effort is too small. Ten year old Lily initiated the “Slime Project.” Along with her friend, Zoe, she “manufactured” and sold her artisan slime to friends and donated 100% of her sales to further assist our recipients. Kudos to Lily and Zoe!

 

  • We welcome our new Sponsors and thank them for choosing our program. The need for new Sponsors continues to grow as more organizations recognize the unique difference we make in the lives of our Recipients. Currently we have 15 individuals and families waiting to be matched. The impact that you can make on an individual or family is best said by Charles, one of our Recipients: “OMG, thank you for being in my life, I need you so much.” Please contact Case Manager Ellen Acosta or Executive Director Andrew Levy at 631-486-6636 for more information.

Have a wonderful and safe summer!

We still have a few LAHP hats available for $10.00 each – if you are interested, please call the office.

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]]> http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-summer-2018/feed/ 0 Happenings 2018 http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-2018/ http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-2018/#respond Thu, 22 Feb 2018 21:50:36 +0000 http://www.lendahandproject.org/?p=665 Happenings Winter, 2018 OUR SPRING EVENT IS ON DECK We expect to hit it ‘out of the park’ at our baseball-themed spring gala on Sunday, April 29th at Cold Spring Country Club. Honorees include John C. Tsunis, Esq., and Susan Lustig and Family. The event, which will be held from 11am to 2pm, will feature a gourmet brunch, exciting auctions and raffles, and plenty of baseball memorabilia. Stay tuned for more information on our biggest fund-raiser of the year, but remember to Save the Date! A SEASON OF SUCCESS! Before we look ahead, it is important to look back at some of the recent programs and initiatives accomplished by The Lend A Hand Project in order to fulfill our mission of giving. Remember that the “season of giving” may be over, but the reason for giving never ends! Thanks for Not Coming! Thanks to the generosity of our many supporters of the “Uninvitation” initiative, The Lend A Hand Project was able to send every Recipient a gift card to ensure that every Thanksgiving holiday table was bountiful.    Holiday Gift Drive: For Chanukah and Christmas, the organization partnered with Dix Hills Jewish Center, Huntington Jewish Center, South Huntington Jewish Center, Temple Beth Torah, Temple Isaiah, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, and the staff at Old Navy in Commack. Through their combined efforts gifts were sent to nearly 300 children. Ellen Acosta and Debbie Biederman coordinated the children’s requests so that each child received his or her desired gifts. Our Youngest Supporters: The Lend A Hand Project is proud that several Bar and Bat Mitzvah children have chosen to participate in our Sponsorship program to fulfill their community outreach responsibilities. Half Hollow Hills High School West and Half Hollow Hills High School East Honor Societies have also become Sponsors. A shout out to 10-year-old Lily, who collected bracelets, rings and necklaces and packaged them as birthday gifts for 25 girls in our program. Coal-Fired Support: Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Woodbury donated a percentage of their profits from one month late in 2017 for diners who identified themselves as Land A Hand supporters. That initiative raised $400 to help our Recipient families! Huntington Hills Rehabilitation Center: Our “New Vision Committee,” has created a program for nursing home patients who have no assets or family support. The program will provide a monthly stipend for these residents to allow them to purchase much-needed personal items and services. The goal is to expand this program to other facilities in the coming months. Go To A Cabaret and Support The Cause: Risa Finkel, an accomplished performer, will be entertaining in “Cabaret Under Glass” at Scarsella’s Flowers in Laurel Hollow on April 6, 7, 13, and 14. Proceeds will benefit various children’s charities. Please mention The Lend A Hand Project when purchasing tickets to ensure that your presence will benefit LAHP. Amazon Smile: Remember when you shop on Amazon Smile, The Lend A Hand Project receives a percentage of every one of your purchases. Sign up at Smile.Amazon.com. There is no cost to you. Use your current Amazon sign in and select The Lend A Hand Project to support when you register for the first time. Grant From the Gap: The Lend A Hand Project recently received a matching grant from the corporate offices of Gap and Old Navy! Making a Difference: As organizations recognize the compelling work that The Lend A Hand Project does—and the impact it makes— LAHP is receiving more and more referrals. From a grateful Recipient: “It’s not easy to accept help when you are down on your luck. The Lend A Hand Project connected us with the most amazing Sponsor family. Their incredible generosity has helped put food and presents on the table for the kids. If they weren’t there to help, our days would be very cold. We are so grateful.” We Need Sponsors! If you—or someone you know—is interested in becoming a Sponsor, please contact our Case Manager, Ellen Acosta, or Executive Director Andrew Levy, at 631-486-6636. COMING SOON Watch your e-mail for PIZZA TUESDAYS IN MAY at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Woodbury.

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Winter, 2018

OUR SPRING EVENT IS ON DECK

We expect to hit it ‘out of the park’ at our baseball-themed spring gala on Sunday, April 29th at Cold Spring Country Club. Honorees include John C. Tsunis, Esq., and Susan Lustig and Family. The event, which will be held from 11am to 2pm, will feature a gourmet brunch, exciting auctions and raffles, and plenty of baseball memorabilia. Stay tuned for more information on our biggest fund-raiser of the year, but remember to Save the Date!

A SEASON OF SUCCESS!

Before we look ahead, it is important to look back at some of the recent programs and initiatives accomplished by The Lend A Hand Project in order to fulfill our mission of giving. Remember that the “season of giving” may be over, but the reason for giving never ends!

  • Thanks for Not Coming! Thanks to the generosity of our many supporters of the “Uninvitation” initiative, The Lend A Hand Project was able to send every Recipient a gift card to ensure that every Thanksgiving holiday table was bountiful.   
  • Holiday Gift Drive: For Chanukah and Christmas, the organization partnered with Dix Hills Jewish Center, Huntington Jewish Center, South Huntington Jewish Center, Temple Beth Torah, Temple Isaiah, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, and the staff at Old Navy in Commack. Through their combined efforts gifts were sent to nearly 300 children. Ellen Acosta and Debbie Biederman coordinated the children’s requests so that each child received his or her desired gifts.
  • Our Youngest Supporters: The Lend A Hand Project is proud that several Bar and Bat Mitzvah children have chosen to participate in our Sponsorship program to fulfill their community outreach responsibilities. Half Hollow Hills High School West and Half Hollow Hills High School East Honor Societies have also become Sponsors. A shout out to 10-year-old Lily, who collected bracelets, rings and necklaces and packaged them as birthday gifts for 25 girls in our program.
  • Coal-Fired Support: Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Woodbury donated a percentage of their profits from one month late in 2017 for diners who identified themselves as Land A Hand supporters. That initiative raised $400 to help our Recipient families!
  • Huntington Hills Rehabilitation Center: Our “New Vision Committee,” has created a program for nursing home patients who have no assets or family support. The program will provide a monthly stipend for these residents to allow them to purchase much-needed personal items and services. The goal is to expand this program to other facilities in the coming months.
  • Go To A Cabaret and Support The Cause: Risa Finkel, an accomplished performer, will be entertaining in “Cabaret Under Glass” at Scarsella’s Flowers in Laurel Hollow on April 6, 7, 13, and 14. Proceeds will benefit various children’s charities. Please mention The Lend A Hand Project when purchasing tickets to ensure that your presence will benefit LAHP.
  • Amazon Smile: Remember when you shop on Amazon Smile, The Lend A Hand Project receives a percentage of every one of your purchases. Sign up at Smile.Amazon.com. There is no cost to you. Use your current Amazon sign in and select The Lend A Hand Project to support when you register for the first time.
  • Grant From the Gap: The Lend A Hand Project recently received a matching grant from the corporate offices of Gap and Old Navy!
  • Making a Difference: As organizations recognize the compelling work that The Lend A Hand Project does—and the impact it makes— LAHP is receiving more and more referrals. From a grateful Recipient: “It’s not easy to accept help when you are down on your luck. The Lend A Hand Project connected us with the most amazing Sponsor family. Their incredible generosity has helped put food and presents on the table for the kids. If they weren’t there to help, our days would be very cold. We are so grateful.”
  • We Need Sponsors! If you—or someone you know—is interested in becoming a Sponsor, please contact our Case Manager, Ellen Acosta, or Executive Director Andrew Levy, at 631-486-6636.

COMING SOON

Watch your e-mail for PIZZA TUESDAYS IN MAY at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Woodbury.

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]]> http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-2018/feed/ 0 Happenings Summer 2017 http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-summer-2017/ http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-summer-2017/#respond Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:43:29 +0000 http://www.lendahandproject.org/?p=543 The Lend A Hand Project held its annual Spring Gala on Sunday, April 30th at Cold Spring Country Club, with the theme “All You Need Is Love…and, of course, a little help from our friends.” The event, which honored Anthony Viola, CPA—the National President of the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation—was a tremendous success. In addition to raising much-needed funds, we were able to add six new Sponsor families! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported this great event! We welcome our newest corporate Sponsor, I.J. Morris Funeral Home. In the past months our Speakers Bureau has reached out to several community fraternal organizations. We have had the opportunity to present The Lend A Hand Project to Rotary, Lions, and Kiwanis chapters and have received a warm response to our Sponsor–Recipient program. Presently, two families are being sponsored by a member of the Babylon Rotary as a direct result of our presence at their meeting. Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Woodbury generously invited us to participate in their charitable gift program this past May. During the five Tuesdays in the month, 20% of the receipts of patrons who identified themselves as supporters of our organization were donated to us. Many thanks to General Manager Phil DiNatale, as well as Ron and Paula Jasser for making this happen. Watch your future e-mails – we will be doing this again! The value of The Lend A Hand Project is confirmed by the increasing number of referrals from other social service agencies and professionals. This, of course, necessitates an increasing need for new Sponsors. If you are a Sponsor, please tell your family, friends, and colleagues about our program, and perhaps even consider sponsoring an additional individual or family yourself. Our case manager, Ellen Acosta, looks forward to hearing from you. She can be reached by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 631-486-6636 ext 1. Remember, if you are an Amazon shopper, be sure to go to Smile.Amazon.com for all your online shopping and specify The Lend A Hand Project as your charity to support. It costs you nothing and the donation from Amazon really adds up. Please encourage your friends and family to do it as well! If you have any questions about getting started, contact our Executive Director, Andy Levy, at [email protected] . Finally, at the end of the day, comments like this one from one of our Recipients remind us why The Lend A Hand Project is so important: “As we were walking home, my eight-year-old son Jonathan said, ‘Mommy how lucky we are to have (The Lend A Hand Project) in our lives because it allows us to have simple little things like ice cream, which all my friends always get to have’.”

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  • The Lend A Hand Project held its annual Spring Gala on Sunday, April 30th at Cold Spring Country Club, with the theme “All You Need Is Love…and, of course, a little help from our friends.” The event, which honored Anthony Viola, CPA—the National President of the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation—was a tremendous success. In addition to raising much-needed funds, we were able to add six new Sponsor families! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported this great event!
  • We welcome our newest corporate Sponsor, I.J. Morris Funeral Home.
  • In the past months our Speakers Bureau has reached out to several community fraternal organizations. We have had the opportunity to present The Lend A Hand Project to Rotary, Lions, and Kiwanis chapters and have received a warm response to our Sponsor–Recipient program. Presently, two families are being sponsored by a member of the Babylon Rotary as a direct result of our presence at their meeting.
  • Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Woodbury generously invited us to participate in their charitable gift program this past May. During the five Tuesdays in the month, 20% of the receipts of patrons who identified themselves as supporters of our organization were donated to us. Many thanks to General Manager Phil DiNatale, as well as Ron and Paula Jasser for making this happen. Watch your future e-mails – we will be doing this again!
  • The value of The Lend A Hand Project is confirmed by the increasing number of referrals from other social service agencies and professionals. This, of course, necessitates an increasing need for new Sponsors. If you are a Sponsor, please tell your family, friends, and colleagues about our program, and perhaps even consider sponsoring an additional individual or family yourself. Our case manager, Ellen Acosta, looks forward to hearing from you. She can be reached by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 631-486-6636 ext 1.
  • Remember, if you are an Amazon shopper, be sure to go to Smile.Amazon.com for all your online shopping and specify The Lend A Hand Project as your charity to support. It costs you nothing and the donation from Amazon really adds up. Please encourage your friends and family to do it as well! If you have any questions about getting started, contact our Executive Director, Andy Levy, at [email protected] .
  • Finally, at the end of the day, comments like this one from one of our Recipients remind us why The Lend A Hand Project is so important: “As we were walking home, my eight-year-old son Jonathan said, ‘Mommy how lucky we are to have (The Lend A Hand Project) in our lives because it allows us to have simple little things like ice cream, which all my friends always get to have’.”

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    ]]>     http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-summer-2017/feed/ 0     HAPPENINGS SPRING 2017 http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-spring-2017/ http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-spring-2017/#respond Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:43:24 +0000 http://www.lendahandproject.org/?p=517   “All You Need Is Love”…and, of course, a little help from our friends! We are excited that our Beatles-themed spring event is only days away! If you haven’t already done so, RSVP to the event, which will take place on Sunday, April 30th at Cold Spring Country Club. You can visit our website at www.lendahandproject.org for more information or to RSVP now! The event will honor Mr. Anthony Viola, CPA, who is the National President of the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation and an LAHP Sponsor. As always, there will be a gourmet brunch, terrific silent auction and raffle items, and an exciting new “Ticket To Ride” opportunity, where you can win up to $1,000 in cash cards! We are also excited to announce that a Beatles tribute band, Penny Lane, will be performing live. See you on April 30th!   On January 10th, one of our past presidents and a co-founder of The Lend A Hand Project, Gloria Safran, was honored by the Jewish Community Relations Council at their Faces of Poverty symposium. Congratulations, Gloria.   We wish to welcome our new Corporate Sponsors: Dr. Sima Anand, Dr.Robert M. Burma, Dr. Merik C. Dolber, Dr. Hector Melgar, Dr. David M. Tubens, Dr. Aron Rovner, Islandia MRI Associates, Mordfin Group, and Payroll Dynamic. Thank you all for supporting our mission.   Congratulations to Jill Cohen for securing a very generous grant from a family foundation.   We are very pleased to announce that since, February 1st, we have paired seventeen new Sponsors with unmatched recipients. Six of these new members have chosen to assist more than one family. We welcome them and applaud their commitment and generosity. As our roster of Recipients expands our need for additional Sponsors is always present. Being a Sponsor is a rewarding experience!   One of our sponsors recently realized that her oldest grandchild has the same birthday as her six-year-old recipient. In celebration, our sponsor provided a much-desired gift for this little girl. Her mother’s response says it all: “what an absolutely incredible gift. Never did I think my daughter would have anything so precious and wonderful.”   Don’t forget to shop at Smile.Amazon.com – choose The Lend a Hand Project as your charity to support, and LAHP gets a donation from Amazon. There is no extra cost to the shopper.

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    • “All You Need Is Love”…and, of course, a little help from our friends! We are excited that our Beatles-themed spring event is only days away! If you haven’t already done so, RSVP to the event, which will take place on Sunday, April 30th at Cold Spring Country Club. You can visit our website at www.lendahandproject.org for more information or to RSVP now! The event will honor Mr. Anthony Viola, CPA, who is the National President of the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation and an LAHP Sponsor. As always, there will be a gourmet brunch, terrific silent auction and raffle items, and an exciting new “Ticket To Ride” opportunity, where you can win up to $1,000 in cash cards! We are also excited to announce that a Beatles tribute band, Penny Lane, will be performing live. See you on April 30th!

     

    • On January 10th, one of our past presidents and a co-founder of The Lend A Hand Project, Gloria Safran, was honored by the Jewish Community Relations Council at their Faces of Poverty symposium. Congratulations, Gloria.

     

    • We wish to welcome our new Corporate Sponsors: Dr. Sima Anand, Dr.Robert M. Burma, Dr. Merik C. Dolber, Dr. Hector Melgar, Dr. David M. Tubens, Dr. Aron Rovner, Islandia MRI Associates, Mordfin Group, and Payroll Dynamic. Thank you all for supporting our mission.

     

    • Congratulations to Jill Cohen for securing a very generous grant from a family foundation.

     

    • We are very pleased to announce that since, February 1st, we have paired seventeen new Sponsors with unmatched recipients. Six of these new members have chosen to assist more than one family. We welcome them and applaud their commitment and generosity. As our roster of Recipients expands our need for additional Sponsors is always present. Being a Sponsor is a rewarding experience!

     

    • One of our sponsors recently realized that her oldest grandchild has the same birthday as her six-year-old recipient. In celebration, our sponsor provided a much-desired gift for this little girl. Her mother’s response says it all: “what an absolutely incredible gift. Never did I think my daughter would have anything so precious and wonderful.”

     

    • Don’t forget to shop at Smile.Amazon.com – choose The Lend a Hand Project as your charity to support, and LAHP gets a donation from Amazon. There is no extra cost to the shopper.

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    To respond online to this invitation, click here

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    ]]>         Happenings Winter 2017 http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-winter-2017/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 19:09:04 +0000 http://www.lendahandproject.org/?p=444 Now that the holidays are behind us, we must continue to keep all of our Recipients in our thoughts and realize the impact we make on their lives. A recently arrived comment from one Recipient: “There is never a moment, never a day, never a second that we are not grateful for having you in our lives.” SAVE THE DATE! Our Spring Event will be held this year on Sunday, April 30th at Cold Spring Country Club. We will be honoring Mr. Anthony Viola. We have already assembled an impressive list of raffle/auction prizes! The entire event will have a Beatles theme, complete with a performance by Penny Lane, a Beatles tribute Band! For more information, go to our website at lendahandproject.org .   Thanks to all of our Sponsors, and our Synagogue Partners (South Huntington Jewish Center, Dix Hills Jewish Center, Huntington Jewish Center, and Temple Isaiah), all of our 300 Recipient children received multiple gifts and gift cards to ensure a joyful holiday celebration. Thank you to case manager Ellen Acosta, who organized and expedited the entire project. Another big contributor to our holiday drive efforts was Zeta Phi Beta, a national service sorority. Welcome to the LAHP family! We thank you and look forward to a continued partnership with your very generous group of women. Please remember to participate in the Amazon Smile program. There is no additional cost to you, but the impact on The Lend A Hand Project is great. If you have not tried it yet, go to https://smile.amazon.com/ch/20-3644034 and login with your regular Amazon password. Then shop while you support LAHP! Temple Beth Sholom of Roslyn Heights, held a “pretzel sale” on a Sunday after Hebrew School. Families had the opportunity to purchase fresh, hot New York-style pretzels. We are proud to have been one of the recipients of these tasty proceeds.   Once again, The Lend A Hand Project has been selected by the Silvian Foundation to receive a substantial grant enabling us to fulfill our mission. We are very grateful for this opportunity.   Many employers have matching gift programs. Please ask your employer to add LAHP to their list of supported charities. Community service organizations and professionals continue to reach out to us with referrals for the growing number of needy on Long Island. We need more sponsors. Please spread the word, as we are always looking for new Sponsors! The Lend A Hand Project is dedicated to helping needy families on Long Island. We need YOUR help to meet our goals.

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    ]]>     Now that the holidays are behind us, we must continue to keep all of our Recipients in our thoughts and realize the impact we make on their lives. A recently arrived comment from one Recipient: “There is never a moment, never a day, never a second that we are not grateful for having you in our lives.”

    • SAVE THE DATE! Our Spring Event will be held this year on Sunday, April 30th at Cold Spring Country Club. We will be honoring Mr. Anthony Viola. We have already assembled an impressive list of raffle/auction prizes! The entire event will have a Beatles theme, complete with a performance by Penny Lane, a Beatles tribute Band! For more information, go to our website at lendahandproject.org .

     

    • Thanks to all of our Sponsors, and our Synagogue Partners (South Huntington Jewish Center, Dix Hills Jewish Center, Huntington Jewish Center, and Temple Isaiah), all of our 300 Recipient children received multiple gifts and gift cards to ensure a joyful holiday celebration. Thank you to case manager Ellen Acosta, who organized and expedited the entire project.
    • Another big contributor to our holiday drive efforts was Zeta Phi Beta, a national service sorority. Welcome to the LAHP family! We thank you and look forward to a continued partnership with your very generous group of women.
    • Please remember to participate in the Amazon Smile program. There is no additional cost to you, but the impact on The Lend A Hand Project is great. If you have not tried it yet, go to https://smile.amazon.com/ch/20-3644034 and login with your regular Amazon password. Then shop while you support LAHP!
    • Temple Beth Sholom of Roslyn Heights, held a “pretzel sale” on a Sunday after Hebrew School. Families had the opportunity to purchase fresh, hot New York-style pretzels. We are proud to have been one of the recipients of these tasty proceeds.

     

    • Once again, The Lend A Hand Project has been selected by the Silvian Foundation to receive a substantial grant enabling us to fulfill our mission. We are very grateful for this opportunity.

     

    • Many employers have matching gift programs. Please ask your employer to add LAHP to their list of supported charities.
    • Community service organizations and professionals continue to reach out to us with referrals for the growing number of needy on Long Island. We need more sponsors. Please spread the word, as we are always looking for new Sponsors!

    The Lend A Hand Project is dedicated to helping needy families on Long Island. We need YOUR help to meet our goals.

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    ]]>         Happenings Fall 2016 http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-fall-2016/ Tue, 03 Jan 2017 21:41:26 +0000 http://www.lendahandproject.org/?p=419 As the year comes to an end, The Lend A Hand Project continues to expand our efforts to improve the lives of our Recipients. As one Recipient recently wrote, “I am so blessed to have you, I can’t say thank you enough for being in my life.” Here are some updates we think will interest you: Thanks to all of you, we have just completed our most successful “Uninvitation” initiative to date. Your generosity enabled us to purchase gift cards for all of our Recipients, ensuring that each person in our program had a plentiful Thanksgiving celebration. This year we sent out 30% more dollars in gift cards than ever before. The Lend A Hand Project teamed up with UJA and its “Families Helping Families—Thanksgiving Mitzvah Project,”and delivered food packages to more than 50 of our needy families. We are proud to welcome the Bethrock USY chapter from Roslyn to our family of sponsors. Talia, their student V.P. of Social Action connected with our Case Manager, Ellen Acosta, and the group is now sponsoring three Recipient families. We are also very pleased to welcome the Half Hollow Hills High School East Honor Society to our list of sponsors. Harriet Harris has been working with the students to sponsor several Recipient families. Several of our Synagogue Partners will be holding holiday gift drives, enabling us to provide the 266 children in our program with much needed toys and gift cards for the holidays. We welcome our newest corporate partner, Guttermans Inc, and thank them for their generous contribution. Star of David Chapels has also recently joined us. Tsunis Gasparis, LLP has also joined LAHP as a corporate sponsor. Through the sponsorship of Executive Board Member Gail Jospa, The Lend A Hand Project has become a member of the Hauppauge Industrial Association (HIA). Several Board members attended the HIA’s annual Expo and were able to meet and disseminate information about our organization to more than 40 companies and charities. We once again remind you to join smile.amazon.com. Once you do, The Lend A Hand Project will receive one-half percent of every eligible purchase. There is no cost to you! Our list of needy Recipients continues to grow as community service agencies refer more families and individuals. If you know anyone who might be interested in becoming a sponsor, please have them reach out to Ellen Acosta at 631-486-6636 or [email protected]. If you are already a Sponsor, please remember your Recipient family for the upcoming holidays. Gift cards may be purchased through The Lend A Hand Project office. If you are not already a Sponsor, consider one of our Recipient families before the holidays. Finally, SAVE THE DATE—April 30, 2017—for The Lend A Hand Project’s annual Spring Fundraiser. This year the event will once again be held at the Cold Spring Country Club. More info to come in the coming months.

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    ]]>     As the year comes to an end, The Lend A Hand Project continues to expand our efforts to improve the lives of our Recipients. As one Recipient recently wrote, “I am so blessed to have you, I can’t say thank you enough for being in my life.” Here are some updates we think will interest you:

    • Thanks to all of you, we have just completed our most successful “Uninvitation” initiative to date. Your generosity enabled us to purchase gift cards for all of our Recipients, ensuring that each person in our program had a plentiful Thanksgiving celebration. This year we sent out 30% more dollars in gift cards than ever before.
    • The Lend A Hand Project teamed up with UJA and its “Families Helping Families—Thanksgiving Mitzvah Project,”and delivered food packages to more than 50 of our needy families.
    • We are proud to welcome the Bethrock USY chapter from Roslyn to our family of sponsors. Talia, their student V.P. of Social Action connected with our Case Manager, Ellen Acosta, and the group is now sponsoring three Recipient families.
    • We are also very pleased to welcome the Half Hollow Hills High School East Honor Society to our list of sponsors. Harriet Harris has been working with the students to sponsor several Recipient families.
    • Several of our Synagogue Partners will be holding holiday gift drives, enabling us to provide the 266 children in our program with much needed toys and gift cards for the holidays.
    • We welcome our newest corporate partner, Guttermans Inc, and thank them for their generous contribution. Star of David Chapels has also recently joined us.
    • Tsunis Gasparis, LLP has also joined LAHP as a corporate sponsor.
    • Through the sponsorship of Executive Board Member Gail Jospa, The Lend A Hand Project has become a member of the Hauppauge Industrial Association (HIA). Several Board members attended the HIA’s annual Expo and were able to meet and disseminate information about our organization to more than 40 companies and charities.
    • We once again remind you to join smile.amazon.com. Once you do, The Lend A Hand Project will receive one-half percent of every eligible purchase. There is no cost to you!
    • Our list of needy Recipients continues to grow as community service agencies refer more families and individuals. If you know anyone who might be interested in becoming a sponsor, please have them reach out to Ellen Acosta at 631-486-6636 or [email protected].
    • If you are already a Sponsor, please remember your Recipient family for the upcoming holidays. Gift cards may be purchased through The Lend A Hand Project office. If you are not already a Sponsor, consider one of our Recipient families before the holidays.
    • Finally, SAVE THE DATE—April 30, 2017—for The Lend A Hand Project’s annual Spring Fundraiser. This year the event will once again be held at the Cold Spring Country Club. More info to come in the coming months.

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    ]]>         Happenings Summer 2016 http://www.lendahandproject.org/happenings-summer-2016/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 20:44:08 +0000 http://www.lendahandproject.org/?p=403 “Every time I get a package from you guys I feel so loved and wanted. That is something I need right now. How lucky we are to have been blessed by you in our lives.” — From Recipient Carolyn NEW WEB SITE…Check out the new and improved lendahandproject.org for all of the latest news, upcoming events and ongoing initiatives. Of course, you can feel free to make a donation online as well. DID YOU KNOW…that every purchase you make on Amazon.com could benefit The Lend A Hand Project? Just join Amazon Smile—for free—and select The Lend A Hand Project as your beneficiary. It’s fast, easy and will make a big difference in people’s lives. SHOP STEW’S…Be sure to stop by Stew Leonard’s in Farmingdale between August 1st and 14th . Visit the wishing well near the store’s entrance. All donations during that two-week period will benefit The Lend A Hand Project. Thank you to Stew Leonard’s for all of your support! HELPING CHILDREN…Once again, in conjunction with UJA and The Lend A Hand Project’s Barbara Robin’s Fund, all of the children of our Recipients will be receiving backpacks filled with age appropriate school supplies. Thank you to the Robins and Novitz families for making this possible. HOW YOU CAN HELP…There are still many families waiting for a Sponsor. These are families in which members might have lost their job, are disabled, or perhaps even homeless. If you, or someone you know would like to get involved and help families in need, please contact Ellen Acosta. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME…to our new Officers, Board Members, and Sponsors. The Lend A Hand Project is truly a team effort. As always, thank you for your ongoing support and commitment to The Lend A Hand Project. Wishing you a wonderful summer.

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    “Every time I get a package from you guys I feel so loved and wanted. That is something I need right now. How lucky we are to have been blessed by you in our lives.” — From Recipient Carolyn

    • NEW WEB SITE…Check out the new and improved lendahandproject.org for all of the latest news, upcoming events and ongoing initiatives. Of course, you can feel free to make a donation online as well.
    • DID YOU KNOW…that every purchase you make on Amazon.com could benefit The Lend A Hand Project? Just join Amazon Smile—for free—and select The Lend A Hand Project as your beneficiary. It’s fast, easy and will make a big difference in people’s lives.
    • SHOP STEW’S…Be sure to stop by Stew Leonard’s in Farmingdale between August 1st and 14th . Visit the wishing well near the store’s entrance. All donations during that two-week period will benefit The Lend A Hand Project. Thank you to Stew Leonard’s for all of your support!
    • HELPING CHILDREN…Once again, in conjunction with UJA and The Lend A Hand Project’s Barbara Robin’s Fund, all of the children of our Recipients will be receiving backpacks filled with age appropriate school supplies. Thank you to the Robins and Novitz families for making this possible.
    • HOW YOU CAN HELP…There are still many families waiting for a Sponsor. These are families in which members might have lost their job, are disabled, or perhaps even homeless. If you, or someone you know would like to get involved and help families in need, please contact Ellen Acosta.
    • CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME…to our new Officers, Board Members, and Sponsors. The Lend A Hand Project is truly a team effort.

    As always, thank you for your ongoing support and commitment to The Lend A Hand Project. Wishing you a wonderful summer.

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    ]]>         Upcoming Events: Summer 2016 http://www.lendahandproject.org/upcoming-events-2016/ Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:40:07 +0000 http://www.lendahandproject.org/?p=372 Stew Leonards, Farmingdale We have been selected by Stew Leonard’s of Farmingdale to be the recipient for their Wishing Well donations from August 1st to August 15th. Stop in at Stew Leonard’s in Farmingdale, and tell your friends and colleagues to stop by also. This is a great no-cost fundraising opportunity for LAHP, and we thank Stew Leonard’s of Farmingdale for supporting our work. Amazon Smile Any time you shop on Amazon (it’s everyone’s guilty pleasure), go to www.smile.amazon.com and log in using your regular Amazon login. Choose The Lend A Hand Project as your charity to support, and SHOP-SHOP-SHOP!! LAHP gets a percentage of your spending as a donation from Amazon – there is NO COST TO THE PURCHASER. This is strictly a donation from Amazon.

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    ]]>     Stew Leonards, Farmingdale

    We have been selected by Stew Leonard’s of Farmingdale to be the recipient for their Wishing Well donations from August 1st to August 15th. Stop in at Stew Leonard’s in Farmingdale, and tell your friends and colleagues to stop by also. This is a great no-cost fundraising opportunity for LAHP, and we thank Stew Leonard’s of Farmingdale for supporting our work.

    Amazon Smile

    Any time you shop on Amazon (it’s everyone’s guilty pleasure), go to www.smile.amazon.com and log in using your regular Amazon login. Choose The Lend A Hand Project as your charity to support, and SHOP-SHOP-SHOP!! LAHP gets a percentage of your spending as a donation from Amazon – there is NO COST TO THE PURCHASER. This is strictly a donation from Amazon.

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    ]]>         Our 2016 Spring Event Was a Success! http://www.lendahandproject.org/2016-spring-event-success/ Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:46:33 +0000 http://www.lendahandproject.org/?p=336 We did it again! Thanks to all of you, the 2016 Lend A Hand Project’s spring event—which had the theme of ‘Family’—was a great success. The two families that were our honorees have been enthusiastic supporters of our organization since its inception. The collective energy and initiative of both the Hirschfelds and Novitz/Robins families has helped to enable us to fulfill our mission. The lively event, held at Cold Spring Country Club, included attractive décor, fun raffle and auction prizes and a delicious brunch. More importantly, we were able to effectively spread the message of our Sponsorship Program. We thank our current Sponsors and all of our new ones as well. While the theme of our spring event this year was ‘family,’ the concept of family is not limited to just one day. The Lend A Hand Project is built upon the concept of families helping families, and we will continue to strive to fulfill our mission. If you have friends, or family members, who might be interested in finding out more about The Lend A Hand family, we encourage you to have them contact our offices.

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    We did it again! Thanks to all of you, the 2016 Lend A Hand Project’s spring event—which had the theme of ‘Family’—was a great success.

    The two families that were our honorees have been enthusiastic supporters of our organization since its inception. The collective energy and initiative of both the Hirschfelds and Novitz/Robins families has helped to enable us to fulfill our mission.

    The lively event, held at Cold Spring Country Club, included attractive décor, fun raffle and auction prizes and a delicious brunch. More importantly, we were able to effectively spread the message of our Sponsorship Program. We thank our current Sponsors and all of our new ones as well.

    While the theme of our spring event this year was ‘family,’ the concept of family is not limited to just one day. The Lend A Hand Project is built upon the concept of families helping families, and we will continue to strive to fulfill our mission. If you have friends, or family members, who might be interested in finding out more about The Lend A Hand family, we encourage you to have them contact our offices.

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