Category Archives: News

Dear Friends, Thank you to everyone who supported our Summer Camp Golf Outing. As anyone who plans an outdoor event in mid-May knows, success often depends on the weather, and once again we were blessed with a beautiful day. With 30 foursomes participating and an additional 43 guests joining us for dinner, it was truly […]

Friends, What a Monday! First, we received 40,000 pounds — 20 pallets — of much-needed food from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: a full tractor-trailer of food. With the help of 20 missionaries, we were able to move all of the food into our containers and Outreach building using a bucket brigade. […]

Friends, If you’re planning your second, third, or even fourth wedding, I highly recommend booking a Monday night when our Soccer Clinic is scheduled—we’ve had perfect weather for it year after year! Despite how cold, rainy, and windy this spring has been, something special seems to happen when the first players arrive at Wyandanch Park. […]

Friends, On Holy Saturday, for the first-ever OLMM Stations of the Cross prayer walk through the streets of Wyandanch, I had the opportunity to introduce Suffolk County Police Sergeant Matthew Colao to Father John. Sergeant Colao shared that he would lead the procession and the eight sector cars would block traffic as hundreds of adults […]

Friends, I finally put my favorite snow shovel back in the shed—hopefully for the rest of the year! This is the 12th year the Outreach Center will host our joint 1st Precinct / PAL / Outreach Center Spring Soccer Clinic.

Dear Outreach Friends, “Mr. Joe, can I take a sandwich and an apple home for my mother and brother?” We maintain an ever-increasing list of children who are given food to take home — not just for nourishment, but for dignity.

Friends, A glimpse into the days before Christmas: Tuesday Morning — Starting at Dawn As I entered the church parking lot on the morning of our Christmas distribution, it was 19 degrees, but the sun was out and there was no wind. I felt ready for our drive-through distribution. I knew that, similar to our […]

Friends, If you have a few minutes, please take a look at the News Channel 12 story and meet our Markus, who runs our food pantry and spoke on behalf of the Outreach. https://longisland.news12.com/li-nonprofits-see-large-spike-in-requests-for-food-assistance On Wednesday, Cecilia Dowd and her crew from News Channel 12 visited the Outreach to report on the sharp rise in […]

Dear Friends, Earlier today, a woman came into the Outreach Center with her 5-year-old daughter; the little girl wore one black shoe on one foot and a blue sneaker on the other. While Mom was being interviewed, our volunteers brought her daughter to the clothing pantry and found her a warm winter jacket, new sneakers, […]

Friends, September’s weather has been beautiful! The Outreach Center warmly welcomes Father John Jairo Granados Morales as the new Administrator of the Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church. Father John has jumped in, rolled up his sleeves, and has been making very positive changes with the help of many parish volunteers. Father John has […]