Paule Pachter welcomes Michael Haynes, VP for Government Affairs, Advocacy, and Social Policy - Long Island Cares. "In many ways, even though things appear to have stabilized since Covid, what we are seeing from our agencies, is that it's actually worse now. We're seeing an increase in the demand of anywhere between 40 and 60 percent and without adequate state support, none of us are going to be able to keep pace". To learn more, please visit their website ⁠https://www.licares.org

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.