EASTER FOOD DRIVE COCKTAIL PARTY SUPPORTS THOSE IN NEED
March 10, 2014 -- More than 100 guests filled the American Legion Hall in Glen Head this past Friday evening for an Easter Food Drive Cocktail Party. The event is a "pot luck" affair with each party goer offering a dish for all to share, and monetary and food donations for those in need.
Glen Head resident Ken Kraft has organized the fundraiser for about a decade now, and it has become an annual community effort with local groups and residents lending a huge hand. American Legion members helped prepare the food, worked the bar,collected donations, and ran the 50/50 raffle while students from the North Shore High School Key Club - Robert Sharkey, John Carbonara, and Nicholas Lacomba - helped set up, served food and cleared tables. The South Street Band, from Oyster Bay, who has performed at the fundraiser for the past few years, provided the entertainment. In addition to this March tradition, Mr. Kraft has organized a similar event each autumn -a Thanksgiving/Christmas Food Drive Cocktail Party. For that fundraiser, local merchants provide food and offer donations. "Although many communities have struggled with the tough economic times over recent years," he said, " I am both amazed and extremely pleased to see so many merchants come to our aid in this meaningful endeavor." |
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