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"Music Sets the Table!"

This benefit is to help fund, stock and remodel the Food Pantry at The Church!

A $10.00 donation is requested + a non-perishable food product! Please be generous!

The Federal government recently announced statistics that one in eight Long Islanders is living below the poverty line of $22,000 for a family of four. One out of every nine Long Islanders is currently seeking support at a soup kitchen or food pantry, but funding has been dramatically cut to our area. People requesting food assistance at the Food Pantry of the Congregational Church of Patchogue has increased to almost triple of what it was just three years ago.

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