Mets team up with Island Harvest to fight hunger
Photo credit: Photo by Jim Staubitser | Pitcher Tim Byrdak of the New York Mets, middle, helps load boxes of food into truck at the Island Harvest Hauppauge Food Distribution Center this morning. The 23,509-square foot facility at 40 Marcus Blvd. was officially opened today as trucks were loaded to bring food to some of the feeding programs served by Island Harvest. (June 19, 2012)
Island Harvest
Stamp out Hunger
Mets give Island Harvest a handFighting hunger on Long Island is no can of corn, as ballplayers say. But the Island's largest food-relief agency -- helped by the Mets -- made it look easy Tuesday at the opening of a new distribution center.
Island Harvest formally opened its 23,000-square-foot Hauppauge distribution center at a midday ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new warehouse -- now the organization's largest -- will make...
