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Island Harvest summit focuses on hunger's toll

Quick ReadThe face of hunger in Long Island has changed, says Randi Shubin Dresner of Island Harvest. It has reached into the middle and upper middle class where there has been severe job loss.

Randi Shubin Dresner, president and chief executive of

Photo credit: Ed Betz | Randi Shubin Dresner, president and chief executive of Island Harvest, shows the goods in the charity's Uniondale warehouse. (Aug. 20, 2010)

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The face of hunger on Long Island has changed in the last few years, so much so that Island Harvest has invited company executives, entrepreneurs, human resources experts and others to what is expected to be one of the region's largest-ever hunger summits, in September, with a focus on what hunger means for businesses and the local economy.

These days, said Randi Shubin Dresner, Island Harvest's...

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