Manor East catering hall
Thought this was nice for the holidays!
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liturk2512207926nov25,0,4356331.story
Owner opens Massapequa catering hall to the needy
BY MICHAEL AMON | [email protected]
10:16 PM EST, November 24, 2008
After reading about Long Island charities struggling with surging demand for Thanksgiving meals, Rich Bivona decided he could do more than cut a check to a soup kitchen: He would start his own.
Bivona will open his Massapequa catering hall, Manor East, at 201 Jerusalem Ave., to the public on Thursday, offering a free smorgasbord to anyone who walks in. Helping to organize the 11 a.m. event is Long Island Cares Harry Chapin Food Bank, which distributes about 6 million pounds of food to local charities annually.
'I read the articles and I said: 'What the hell,' ' Bivona said, estimating the cost of the event at more than $10,000. He said he could serve 2,000 people. 'I'm very blessed we have a very good business. And I just don't like that people are hungry.'
Bivona was one of countless Long Islanders yesterday who continued to reach into their wallets and raid supermarkets of turkeys in response to reports that hunger relief groups had empty shelves and were short of turkeys for thousands of needy families.
The Harry Chapin Food Bank received more than 16 tons of food donations, accepted a $20,000 check from an anonymous donor and answered 220 phone calls from people asking how they could help, said executive director Paule Pachter.
'I've got a freezer full of 1,200 turkeys now that can be distributed for Thanksgiving,' Pachter said.
Randi Shubin Dresner, president and chief executive of Island Harvest, another large food bank, said her group had received about 4,300 turkeys in the past two days. 'We have about 9,000 of the 26,000 we need,' she said.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liturk2512207926nov25,0,4356331.story
Owner opens Massapequa catering hall to the needy
BY MICHAEL AMON | [email protected]
10:16 PM EST, November 24, 2008
After reading about Long Island charities struggling with surging demand for Thanksgiving meals, Rich Bivona decided he could do more than cut a check to a soup kitchen: He would start his own.
Bivona will open his Massapequa catering hall, Manor East, at 201 Jerusalem Ave., to the public on Thursday, offering a free smorgasbord to anyone who walks in. Helping to organize the 11 a.m. event is Long Island Cares Harry Chapin Food Bank, which distributes about 6 million pounds of food to local charities annually.
'I read the articles and I said: 'What the hell,' ' Bivona said, estimating the cost of the event at more than $10,000. He said he could serve 2,000 people. 'I'm very blessed we have a very good business. And I just don't like that people are hungry.'
Bivona was one of countless Long Islanders yesterday who continued to reach into their wallets and raid supermarkets of turkeys in response to reports that hunger relief groups had empty shelves and were short of turkeys for thousands of needy families.
The Harry Chapin Food Bank received more than 16 tons of food donations, accepted a $20,000 check from an anonymous donor and answered 220 phone calls from people asking how they could help, said executive director Paule Pachter.
'I've got a freezer full of 1,200 turkeys now that can be distributed for Thanksgiving,' Pachter said.
Randi Shubin Dresner, president and chief executive of Island Harvest, another large food bank, said her group had received about 4,300 turkeys in the past two days. 'We have about 9,000 of the 26,000 we need,' she said.
