Mangano Accepts Trophy On Behalf Of Wantagh Park Pool For Largest Donation To The “Make A Splash” Food Drive

Donating 469 Meals to those in need

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano along with Mary Schroeder, Wantagh Park Pool Director and Carnell Foskey, Commissioner of Nassau County Parks and Recreation today joined Doreen Principe, Program Coordinator of Island Harvest to accept a trophy on behalf of Wantagh Park Pool for collecting the most food out of all of the municipal pools for the Island Harvest “Make a Splash” food drive. Donations at Wantagh Pool reached over 600 pounds, the equivalent of approximately 469 meals. Together, Long Island’s communities and pools collected over 6,900 pounds of food, the equivalent of approximately 5,400 meals. All proceeds from the “Make a Splash” food drive will be provide critical food support to a network of 570 food pantries, soup kitchens and other local programs that offer food assistance to 283,700 Long Islanders – including 110,000 children – who face hunger every day. To find out more information about how you can help Island Harvest, please visit www.islandharvest.org.