Organizations offer free holiday meals

While many Long Islanders will be tucking into turkey and trimmings Thursday on Thanksgiving, Long Island’s hunger organizations will tend to the neediest among us by offering free holiday meals.

Cynthia Sucich, spokeswoman for the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN) in Hempstead, said seven of her organization’s 19 soup kitchens will be open for the holiday — three in Nassau County, four in Suffolk.

Last Thanksgiving, her group served just more than 300 people; this year, Sucich said, she expects the number to rise by about a quarter.

“Just because of the way things have been over past couple months, we’re anticipating that number to be higher this year,” she said.
— JENNIFER BARRIOS

Here is a list of some places where Thanksgiving meals will be served:

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23

SUFFOLK COUNTY
Bethany Hospitality INN
100 LeMonday St.
Central Islip
10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOV. 24

SUFFOLK COUNTY
Federations of Organizations, P.O.W.E.R. Soup Kitchen
456 Waverly Ave.
Patchogue
11 a.m. — 1 p.m.

Knights of Columbus
62 Carleton Ave.
Central Islip
11 a.m. — 3 p.m.

Church of the Harvest
572 Raynor Ave.
Riverhead
11 a.m. — 1 p.m.

Mercy High School
1225 Ostrander Ave.
Riverhead
11 a.m. — 1 p.m.

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Roman Catholic Church
Gerald R. Ryan Outreach Center Soup Kitchen
1434 Straight Path
Wyandanch
12 — 1:30 p.m.

Calvary Chapel Soup Kitchen
1680 Railroad Ave.
Holbrook
12 — 2 p.m.

Harrison Hale Community Action Center Parish Hall
61 Shirley Lane
Medford
12 — 2 p.m.

Pronto of Long Island
128 Pine Aire Drive
Bay Shore
12 — 2 p.m.
Note: 600 individual hot meals will be distributed, to be eaten off-site. Those interested should call 631-231-8290 or visit prontolongisland.org.

The Mercy INN
Trinity Lutheran Evangelical Church
17 South 20th St.
Wyandanch
12 — 1 p.m.

Invited INN
Trinity Lutheran Church
716 Route 25A
Rocky Point
1 p.m. — 2 p.m.

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
36 East John St.
Lindenhurst
1 p.m. — 6 p.m.

NASSAU COUNTY
Knights of Columbus (sponsor)
St. Patrick’s Church
235 Glen St.
Glen Cove
9 a.m. — 5 p.m.

The Destiny Foundation
Manor East, 201 Jerusalem Ave.
Massapequa
10 a.m. until the last person eats

Faith Mission Soup Kitchen
First United Methodist Church
30 Union Place
Roosevelt
11 a.m.- 1 p.m.

First Baptist Church
212 Rev. Stanley Hines & Garden St.
Westbury
11 a.m. — 2 p.m.

St. Paul AME Church
453 Pershing Boulevard
Rockville Centre
11 a.m. — 2 p.m.

Mary Brennan INN
100 Madison Ave.
Hempstead
11:30 a.m. — 1 p.m.

North Shore INN
12 Continental Place
Glen Cove
12 — 1 p.m.

Long Beach Food & Friendship INN
140 West Pine St.
Long Beach
12 — 1 p.m.

North Shore Synagogue
83 Muttontown Road
Syosset
12 to 2 p.m.

Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County, Inc.
281 Babylon Turnpike
Roosevelt
12 — 3 p.m.

Roosevelt Youth Center
55 Mansfield Ave.
Roosevelt
12 — 4 p.m.

Harvest for the World Soup Kitchen
90 Pleasant Ave.
Roosevelt
1 p.m. — 3 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOV. 26
Grace Care Mobile Soup Kitchen
Call 631-696-9498 for location.
3 p.m. — 4 p.m.

— STAFF REPORTS

Is your organization serving a Thanksgiving meal? Let us know.