Author: Nick DeLuca

Adventureland’sHelping Hands Foundation launched the Coats for a Cause Program in March of this year. The goal for this initiative is to encourage and foster engagement among groups and organizations that frequent Adventurelandwith the Helping Hands Foundation, while providing winter gear to the local homeless community.

Each of the groups and organizations that hosted a trip to Adventureland during the 2017 season received free snack for their group members by donating new or very gently used winter coats or other winter items (hats, gloves, scarves, etc.) to The Helping Hands Foundation.

All coats and winter items collected were donated to the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless. The Coats for a Cause initiative received tremendous support—hundreds coats were collected and donated.

Originally founded as the Nassau-Suffolk Partnership in 1985, the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless educates the public and advocates for the development of Emergency, Transitional and Permanent Low-Cost Housing. You can learn more about how LICH helps the Long Island homeless community keep warm in the winter here: www.addressthehomeless.org

For more information, please visit : www.HelpingHandsLI.org or email [email protected]

Thank you for your continued support!

Adventureland’s Helping Hands Foundation’s annual Christmas in July came to an end on Monday, July 31st. The landmark family amusement park decked the halls with thousands of lights, sang carols with the Uniondale High School Show Choir and got a visit from the man with all the toys, Santa Claus, all to support their nonprofit’s goal to collect 1,000 toys. With the help of Cox Media’s 102.3 WBAB and 106.1BLI and partners like Rhode Island Novelty, over 1,500 toys were donated to Stony Brook Children’s Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island.

Adventureland and the Helping Hands Foundation thank you for your support and look forward to continuing Christmas in July for many years to come!

For more information, please visit : www.HelpingHandsLI.org

On September 13th, Adventureland’s Helping Hands Foundation donated $1,000 and over 100 books to The Book Fairies, a nonprofit organization that accepts donations of new and gently used books and connects them with the children who need them most. Founded by Amy Zaslansky in 2012, The Book Fairies work with libraries, schools, and organizations to help foster the love of reading in children in high need areas. Since being founded five years ago, The Book Fairies have donated over 800,000 books to hundreds of underprivileged schools and organizations across Long Island and the New York metropolitan area.

Funds were raised through Adventureland Employees’ Bottle Recycling Program, and matched by The Helping Hands Foundation. A $1,000 donation will supply a full grade with books and create a classroom library in an elementary school in a high needs school district.

For more information about The Book Fairies, please visit www.thebookfairies.org

For more information about Adventureland’s Helping Hands Foundation, visit: www.HelpingHandsLI.org

Adventureland’s Helping Hands Foundation will be hosting their annual School Supply Drive starting August 1st. New school supplies ranging from backpacks, to pencils, to crayons will be collected at Adventureland and donated to a local school district in need.

Last year, with the help of 102.3 WBAB and 106.1 BLI, the Helping Hands Foundation donated over 1000 school ready back packs to the Wyandanch School District.

Donors will receive a free ride on the Adventureland Train for every 5 packaged items donated! For a list of most needed items and more information please visit www.Adventureland.us or www.HelpingHandsLI.org.

We appreciate your support and look forward to reaching our goal of collecting and donating another 1000 school ready back packs to Long Island students in need!