The law firm of Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, with Suffolk County National Bank, held a fundraising event in December to raise money to support five eastern Long Island food pantries. With contributions from numerous local businesses, the event resulted in raising $10,000. On February 11, Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo and Suffolk County National Bank awarded checks of $2,000 each to five food pantries, namely, the Long Island Council of Churches Food Pantry in Riverhead, the Open Arms Care Center Food Pantry in Riverhead, the Community Action Southold Town (CAST) Food Pantry in Greenport, the Human Resources of the Hamptons Food Pantry in Southampton, and the Springs Food Pantry in East Hampton.
This is the third consecutive year that the law firm and bank have made contributions to these food pantries.
Many local businesses contributed gift baskets to the event and the following businesses made financial contributions to the event: M3 Media Group, Christopher Michael Catering, Stewart Title Insurance Company, Kevin M. Fox, PLLC, Riverhead Building Supply, Westhampton Architectural Glass, Inc., Michael Davis Construction, Inc., Bridge Abstract, LLC, Buzz Chew Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc., Kandell Farnworth & Pubins, CPA’s, PC, Michael Bialer Real Estate Appraisals, Inc., Hamptons Virtual Office Center, LLC, CBRE, Inc. Commercial Real Estate Services, East Hampton Executive Office Services, Inc., Goodale Farms, Wainscott Farms, Bonnie Grice, Leo S. Walsh Foundation.
Caption for photo. Photo by Katie Blasl of RiverheadLOCAL.com
Front row: Left to Right: Carolyn Gumbs, LI Council of Churches, Riverhead Food Pantry; Charlene Cheshire, Paralegal, Twomey Latham Shea Kelley Dubin & Quartararo; Zona Stroy, Chairman, Board of Directors, Open Arms Care Center Food Pantry; Linda Ruland, Director, C.A.S.T.; Kerry Lewandoski, Executive Director, Human Resources of the Hamptons; Colleen Cummings, C.A.S.T. Food Pantry Manager.
Back row: Left to Right: Olga Cortes, Assistant Manager, LI Council of Churches, Riverhead Food Pantry; Marianita Reyes, LI Council of Churches, Riverhead Food Pantry; Tony Larson, Pastor, Springs Community Food Pantry; Jeanne Kelley, EVP Risk Management Suffolk County National Bank; Howard Bluver, President Suffolk County National Bank; Frank Filipo, EVP, Suffolk County National Bank; Chris Kelley, Senior Partner Twomey Latham Shea Kelley Dubin & Quartararo; and David Dubin, Senior Partner Twomey Latham Shea Kelley Dubin & Quartararo.