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Paule Pachter, President & CEO, and Billy Gonyou, Community Events and Food Drive Manager, discuss how high grocery costs have affected donations, donor fatigue, and upcoming events.

Paule Pachter welcomes Joseph A. Salamone, Founder & Executive Director - The Long Island Coalition Against Bullying. "We are definitely seeing a dramatic rise in violent escalations to situations... our work with the schools has really become essential because that is how we are trying to shift the culture, and change minds. Last year we visited 209 classrooms, met with about 7,000 kids in 17 schools across 12 districts on the Island. This year all these numbers are poised to double." To learn more, please visit their website ⁠https://www.licab.org

Paule Pachter welcomes Steve Chassman, Executive Director - Long Island Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence. "LICADD is not trying to solve the drug problem. We are just trying to help one Long Islander or one Long Island family at a time, and we have done that successfully I think for 67 years" To learn more, please visit their website ⁠https://www.licadd.org

Money, Money, Money - Helen Liarano, Vice President for Finance and Administration, talks about the role of finance within non-profits and provides some tips to help your non-profit succeed.

Robert LaBarbara, Vice President for Procurement & Supply Chain Management at Long Island Cares discusses purchasing one-third of most of the food delivered from The Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank to our 325 community-based member agencies, and some of the challenges including rising costs that impact our ability to provide more than 13 million pounds of food annually to feed our neighbors in need.

Joani Madarash, President of Suffolk County Rehabilitation Council shares a few laughs with Paule Pachter and discusses how the association helps enhance the lives of people with disabilities and advocates for their rights.

Paule Pachter welcomes Matt Cohen, President & CEO - Long Island Association "Our primary mission is to improve the business climate, look out for the business community out here on Long Island, promote economic development opportunities, and really keep Long Island the best place to live." Find out more by visiting https://www.longislandassociation.org

Katherine Fritz, Vice President for Development and Communications at Long Island Cares, discusses raising money, cultivating donors, and keeping communication front and center when nurturing generous donors to support our work.

Peter Crescenti, Media Specialist at Long Island Cares, sits down with me to discuss the importance of an active public relations initiative to promote our work and inform the community about food insecurity on Long Island.

Paule Pachter welcomes Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein, VP and Chief Public and Community Health Officer - Catholic Health Services Long Island "The true value in healthcare today is addressing social determinants and other factors that impact health outcomes. Very often people say, 'I have a great doctor, I have a great hospital, therefore I am healthy'. If you have gotten to that hospital, it’s too late. The other factors have won out" To learn more, please visit their website ⁠https://www.chsli.org

Paule Pachter welcomes Ryan McGary, Chief of Staff - Suffolk AME "Our members as individuals are incredibly altruistic people. They believe in the work that they do, so much so that when they are not on the clock, they are still giving back and serving their communities." To learn more, please visit their website ⁠https://suffolkame.com

NYS Assemblyman Fred Thiele joins Paule Pachter and Michael Haynes to discuss the 2023 Legislative Session in Albany, focusing on Housing, Education, and Food Insecurity.