{"id":806130,"date":"2020-04-07T08:27:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T14:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=979492"},"modified":"2020-04-07T08:27:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T14:27:19","slug":"billy-joel-foundation-aids-food-assistance-efforts-amid-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/billy-joel-foundation-aids-food-assistance-efforts-amid-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Joel Foundation Aids Food Assistance Efforts Amid COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Billy Joel<\/a> Foundation is teaming with Harry Chapin\u2019s organization Long Island Cares to provide food to those across Long Island struggling to get fresh and nutritious meals during the coronavirus<\/a> pandemic.<\/p>\n

Joel shared a note on Twitter<\/a> detailing the new partnership, explaining that his foundation has previously worked with Long Island Cares and \u201csupported their work with food pantries and soup kitchens across Long Island for the past decade.\u201d While COVID-19 has increased the need for nutritious food, the note continued, the health risks associated with the pandemic have caused food banks to hemorrhage staff and volunteers.<\/p>\n

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If you are in need of food assistance, please see @LongIslandCares<\/a>‘ website for current locations servicing your area: https:\/\/t.co\/5DtpvQq6mh<\/a> and click LOCATE<\/p>\n

Those that are able, can help here: https:\/\/t.co\/5DtpvQq6mh<\/a> and click on COVID19 RELIEF FUND pic.twitter.com\/xC4N8eRKDa<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Billy Joel (@billyjoel) April 7, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To aid Long Island Cares, the Joel Foundation said it has purchased freezer units and additional equipment that will be set up in Long Island Cares\u2019 facility in Hampton Bays. The move comes as the need for food assistance is expected to rise significantly on the East End of Long Island, especially for farm workers and those in the hospitality industry who rely on the busy summer vacation months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new equipment will service the entire East End and will now allow for transport of perishables and frozen goods to the East End pantries and soup kitchens,\u201d Joel\u2019s note said. \u201cWe are hopeful this will aid the current shortage and the limited availability families are currently experiencing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Joel Foundation\u2019s partnership with Long Island Care marks the second in a series of donations to aid coronavirus relief efforts. The initiative was announced<\/a> at the end of March and began with a $500,000 donation to Bethenny Frankel\u2019s BStrong organization to buy personal protective equipment for healthcare workers across New York State.<\/p>\n

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The Billy Joel Foundation is teaming with Harry Chapin\u2019s organization Long Island Cares to provide food to those across Long Island struggling to get fresh and nutritious meals during the coronavirus pandemic. Joel shared a note on Twitter detailing the new partnership, explaining that his foundation has previously worked with Long Island Cares and \u201csupported […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-806130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-17 00:34:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}