Long Island, NY Community Solidarity Honored By PETA For Hunger Relief Work Donating 100 Vegan Ham Roasts For Christmas Food Share In Farmingville
Long Island, NY Community Solidarity Honored By PETA For Hunger Relief Work Donating 100 Vegan Ham Roasts For Christmas Food Share In Farmingville
PETA has honored Community Solidarity’s hunger relief work by donating 100 vegan ham roasts for its Christmas food share during the Thanksgiving season in Farmingville.
Editor’s note: The below photos were shared by PETA from the event. Readers may remember John DiLeoardo from our discussions about not purchasing ducks and chicks for Easter, and the many reasons for not participating in this cruel part of that holiday celebration in some communities. We also discussed the dangers of avian influenza, particularly as it originates in chickens kept in cramped and disease-breeding ground factory farms. Local Staten Island turkeys are not a source for this disease to spread among humans, whereas factory farming methods and issues are responsible in many more cases. We also had a conversation with a rabbi about the ethics presented in our food choices, including as it relates to farm workers and immigrant labor. A local kids summer camp also won an award for their protest of the cruel horse carriage industry in New York City and State, which the previous City Council tabled a vote on.
Long Island Community Food Group’s Vegan Hunger Relief Work Wins PETA Award, Holiday Roasts
Long Island, N.Y. — With families struggling to cope with rising grocery costs, PETA is recognizing Community Solidarity—a hunger relief program that organizes food distributions across Long Island and Brooklyn—with its Vegan Compassion in Action award for helping the community and animals by serving free, healthy, and humane vegan meals to families and individuals in need. And to assist the group, ahead of the holidays, PETA has donated 100 vegan ham roasts for Community Solidarity to distribute during its upcoming Christmas food share and toy drive, while NYC-based grocery store Lily’s Vegan Pantry has provided hundreds of tasty meat-free drumsticks for the event.
John Di Leonardo, founder of Humane Long Island (left), presenting the Vegan Compassion in Action award to Jon Stepanian, President & CEO of Community Solidarity (right), on behalf of PETA. Image Credit – Community Solidarity
Volunteers at the event. Image Credit – Community Solidarity
Compassion in Action Award. Image Credit – PETA
Banner Image: Compassion in Action Award. Image Credit – PETA
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