Pictured: (L-R) LI Cares President & CEO Paule Pachter, Beyond Van Gogh General Manager Gerold Picard, LI Cares Community Events & Food Drive Manager William Gonyou
Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience at Samanea New York (located at 1500 Old Country Road, Westbury, NY) is partnering with Long Island Cares (www.LICares.org) to help fight food insecurity during the summer from July 6 through August 6.
Long Islanders who purchase a ticket and donate one bag of groceries (containing more than one item) will receive one complimentary ticket per ticket holder to the immersive event as a thank-you for their contribution.
“Long Island has warmly welcomed Beyond Van Gogh into their community since we opened in March, and we are proud to team up with Long Island Cares to give back,” said Justin Paquin, President, Paquin Exhibitions & Theatrical, Division of Paquin Entertainment Group. “Beautiful art can change how we see the world, and through our partnership with Long Island Cares, hopefully, we can help make sure fewer children go hungry this summer.”
Long Islanders can drop the food donations into the exhibit’s Long Island Cares collection bins during the event. This food drive aims to alleviate food insecurity, specifically for children who may not have access to school meals during the summer break. Tickets can be purchased online at www.vangoghlongisland.com.
“We’re very excited to partner with ‘Beyond Van Gogh’ to raise awareness of food insecurity on Long Island, which impacts 221,000 people, including 65,000 children,” said Paule Pachter, President & CEO of Long Island Cares, Inc. – The Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank. “When a family donates a bag of food and experiences the sights and sounds of this incredible Van Gogh experience, they will come away feeling very good that they were able to help their neighbors in need.”
(L-R) LI Cares President & CEO Paule Pachter, Beyond Van Gogh General Manager Gerold Picard
To donate to Long Island Cares, ensure that all non-perishable items are unexpired and unopened. Acceptable donations include canned soups, tuna, vegetables, fruit, pasta packages, crackers, juice boxes, canned proteins, juice bottles, cereals, and granola bars. We welcome the generosity of our visitors and ask that they consider a donation of at least two or more items.
Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, produced by Paquin Entertainment Group, is on Long Island for a limited engagement. This immersive experience features more than 300 of Vincent Van Gogh’s iconic artworks and takes the art lover into a three-dimensional world that exhilarates the senses.
To help get the food drive started, King Kullen, ShopRite of Bay Shore and ShopRite of Massapequa are each donating 250 pounds of food to help fill the collection bins that will be on site for four weeks.
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