Thank you to all those that joined us on April 24th for a day of education, networking, and advocacy.  This year’s Forum highlighted the numerous changes surrounding food-related programs and services, as well as the impact the current environment has had on hunger and food insecurity on Long Island.  The Forum’s workshops provided an opportunity to learn more about available programs and services offered to children, pregnant women, seniors and individuals with disabilities; how to connect clients to these resources; and methods for building a stronger voice to fight hunger on Long Island. At lunch, Joel Berg, Executive Director of New York City Coalition Against Hunger and author of All You Can Eat:  How Hungry is America?  discussed the need for hunger reform and to plan for a more innovative, comprehensive and effective system that can eradicate hunger - primarily through government. 

Special Thanks To

Our Supporters:

§         MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

• Nassau County Department of Social Services
• Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
• Stop & Shop
• Unicorn Graphics

Speakers/Presenters:

Dean Lawrence Raful, Touro Law Center

Gwen O'Shea, President/CEO, HWCLI

Dr. Maria Torroella Carney, Commissioner of Health, Nassau County Department of Health

Joel Berg, Executive Director, New York City Coalition Against Hunger

Rachel Hye Youn Rupright, Child Nutrition Program Specialist, Nutrition Consortium of NYS

Christina Riley, Community Nutritionist, Food Bank for New York City

Regina DeTuro, Administrator I, Suffolk County Office for the Aging

Kathleen Platt, Case Work Supervisor, Suffolk County Office for the Aging

Pia Allocca, Medicare and Medicaid Assistance Program Director, Medicare Rights Center

The Planning Committee:

Chair:  Katy Mitchell, Long Island Cares, Inc. – The Harry Chapin Food Bank

Co-Chair(s):  Amy Carroll & Rushka Tcholakova, Health and Welfare Council of LI

Louise Spangle, Cornell Cooperative Extension Nassau

Ellin Boyd, LIPA REAP

Virginia Walsh, LIPA REAP

Bianca Nunez, Health and Welfare Council of LI

Carrie-Anne Veraszto, Catholic Charities CSFP FAN

Linda Showell, Child Care Council of Nassau, Inc.

Chanee Hammonds, Long Island Center for Independent Living

EVENT MATERIALS
*Workshop Presentations:
     (A) Influences on Nutrition Services and Programs for Children

     (B) Social Marketing:  Selling Ideas and Changing Behavior

*Food Stamp Materials (Nassau County)

*All You Can Eat:  How Hungry is America?  Author Joel Berg
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Joel