Problem
Approximately 259,000 Long Island residents—93,000 of them children and 39,000 seniors—turn to soup kitchens, food pantries or shelters for help each year. Forty-seven percent of these Long Islanders are in households where at least one adult is employed.

Together, United Way and its community partners work to enhance food delivery and support systems to get more food to more people who need it.

Solutions
United Way of Long Island invests in reducing hunger through its Community Impact initiatives:

• Emergency Food and Shelter Program
• Partnership on the National Association of Letter Carriers Annual Food Drive

Staff Contact
For more information, contact Teresa Kemp Zielenski, executive vice president of community impact, at teresaz@unitedwayli.org or 631.940.3707.