On November 3, thirty-one buses brought children from five school districts to the Staller Center for the Arts for a free concert by Tom Chapin and Friends.
Long Island Cares – the Harry Chapin Food Bank – partnered with the Staller Center and Island Federal Credit Union to raise awareness of children’s hunger and food insecurity on Long Island.
Wolfie, Stony Brook University mascot, Paul Pachter, Long Island Cares CEO & President, Paul Newland, Outreach Director, Staller Center and AsparaGus, the LI Cares mascot at the Tom Chapin and Friends concert.
The children brought donations of kid-friendly, non-perishable food to help support the 70,000 children in need on Long Island. Stony Brook University’s mascot, Wolfie, and Long Island Cares’ character, AsparaGus, greeted the students, teachers and chaperones.
The 700 children came from Riverhead, Hauppauge, East Islip, Eastern Suffolk BOCES and Brookhaven School Districts to hear the concert. Use of the venue was donated through the Staller Center’s Educational Outreach program.
Learn more at: http://www.stonybrook.edu/happenings/arts/concert-for-childrens-hunger-awareness-held-at-staller-center/