Longtime children’s advocate Sarah Benjamin was honored last Thursday with the Helen Wright Prince Award for, as Southold Supervisor Scott Russell put it, “making [a] positive impact on homeless, at-risk and immigrant families.” (more…)
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Last month, Southold Town lost a community trailblazer, social activist and lifelong volunteer: Merle Levine.
Ms. Levine, 95, died Thursday, Sept. 12, at Peconic Landing. READ
Community Action Southold Town is starting to feel the sting of the partial government shutdown that has now stretched into its fifth week. The longest shutdown in United States history has left funding for the nonprofit in limbo. READ
Community Action Southold Town is need of donations for its annual toy drive. Executive director Cathy Demeroto said about 120 more local families have signed up to receive toys through the drive this year compared to last. There are more than 360 families in need this year. Approximately 240 signed up in 2017. READ
The community is coming together to ensure all North Fork families have a hot meal this Thanksgiving.
For a second year, Community Action Southold Town is collaborating with Suffolk Community College Culinary Arts Program and Clinton Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church in Greenport to serve up meals for those in need. READ
Southold Town officials are expecting to receive $230,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds to support local projects in 2019.
At a Town Board meeting Tuesday, officials asked the public to weigh in on what kinds of needs should be met with these funds. READ
After Helen Finnigan retired earlier this year, Community Action Southold Town, Inc. announced Thursday that Marc Sokol has been elected president. (more…)
A “Blast for CAST” event was held Thursday night at American Beech in Greenport and featured an open bar with food and live music from local entertainers Gene Casey and Tricia Scotti.
It was also a great opportunity for the community to meet CAST’s new director Cathy Demeroto.
A Long Island native who spent childhood summers in Mattituck and Greenport has returned to help Southold Town families in need.
Cathy Demeroto, an attorney with extensive experience in nonprofit work, started last week as the new executive director of Community Action Southold Town. READ
Helen Finnigan has dedicated her life to volunteering.
While splitting her time between Connecticut and New York City more than a decade ago, she worked in men’s and women’s prisons, teaching decision-making skills to inmates. She also spent two years in Hong Kong working as a consultant for a Manhattan financial company and found time to volunteer there on her days off. READ