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Please Support the BRN 2021 Winter Clothing Drive

By brnAdmin | Published October 7, 2021

To benefit local charities in the Bellport and East Patchogue areas
Coats, gloves, sweaters, scarves, long sleeve T’s, boots, etc. – in adult and children sizes
Clothing will be collected until November 16th and distributed on the 17th

Please contact a BRN member to donate, email , or call 973-687-1733

BRN Supports Maureen’s Haven Homeless Outreach

By brnAdmin | Published October 7, 2020

On a beautiful September 23rd morning, members of BRN met on the scenic Holiday Beach in Center Moriches for their first in-person meeting in months to share in fellowship, in thanks, and to give back to their community. Donations of food, clothing, and supplies were brought to the meeting by the members and taken afterwards by Jim Stumpf to Maureen’s Haven in Riverhead, where they were received by Executive Director Daniel O’Shea and a grateful staff.

BRNSC 2019 winter clothing donations at Lighthouse Mission

Our 2nd Annual Winter Clothing Drive Helps Local Charities

By brnAdmin | Published November 20, 2019

Members of BRNSC conducted a winter clothing drive to benefit 2 local charities: Angels of LI in East Patchogue and Lighthouse Mission of Bellport. The month-long drive culminated in a large donation of coats, scarves, sweatshirts, gloves, etc, which was delivered on November 20th. BRNSC would like to thank all of their members for their help in gathering the items from many different people and for making our 2nd clothing drive the success it was.

Please Support the BRNSC 2019 Winter Coat Drive

By brnAdmin | Published October 18, 2019

Have a Coat or Winter Clothing You Don’t Wear Anymore?

Business Referral Network of Suffolk County (BRNSC) is once again conducting a winter clothing and coat drive to supply local shelters with gently used sweaters, boots, gloves, scarves, coats, etc for the less privileged members of our communities. Local shelters/missions will be the recipients of any donations. Clothing will be donated the week before Thanksgiving, so please help us to keep those less fortunate than ourselves warm this winter, and next!

BRNSC Collects Food for Local Charities

By brnAdmin | Published September 23, 2019

On a beautiful Saturday morning, September 21st, BRNSC held it’s annual Food Drive to help the local, less fortunate among us in the Bellport/East Patchogue area. This year’s recipients were the food pantry st St. Joseph the Worker Church in East Patchogue and the St. Vincent DePaul food Pantry at Mary Immaculate Church in Bellport. Local residents shopping at Cirillo’s and CVS, and members of BRNSC, were very generous in their donations of non-perishable food and money (used to buy more food) for the cause. Donations looked like they exceeded last year’s, so we were very fortunate.

BRNSC - Great Brookhaven Cleanup 2019 - 1

BRN Helps Clean Up Brookhaven Town

By brnAdmin | Published May 19, 2019

On a beautiful Saturday, May 18th morning, members of Business Referral Network (BRN) met at the corner of William Floyd Parkway and Montauk Highway to clean up the southwest corner of the intersection, where the eastbound bus shelter is located.

BRNSC Mid-Winter Coat Drive for Lighthouse Mission in East Patchogue

BRNSC Brings Warmth to Local Charities

By brnAdmin | Published February 23, 2019

On February 20th, Business Referral Network of Suffolk County (BRNSC), a local group of networking professionals out of Bellport, delivered dozens of coats that their members collected during a Mid-Winter Coat Drive to two local charities: Lighthouse Mission in East Patchogue, and Angels of Long Island in Patchogue.

BRNSC 2019 Mid-Winter Coat Drive

By brnAdmin | Published January 11, 2019

Did You Get a New Coat for Christmas? Have a Coat You Don’t Wear Anymore?

Business Referral Network of Suffolk County (BRNSC) is conducting a coat drive to supply local shelters with gently used coats for the less privileged members of our communities. Bellport and Mastic-Shirley shelters/missions will be the recipients of any donations. Coats will be donated in mid-February, so please help us to keep those less fortunate than ourselves warm this winter, and next!

Food Drive a HUGE Success!

By brnAdmin | Published October 1, 2018

Two Van-Loads of Food!

On a beautiful Saturday morning, September 29th, members of Business Referral Network of Suffolk County (BRN), which meets in Bellport, held a food drive at Cirillo’s Market to benefit 2 Bellport food pantries: Christ Episcopal Church and St. Vincent DePaul at May Immaculate Church. With great support from BRN members and the local community, a large food donation was given to both food pantries.

Non-Perishable Food Items Needed for Food Drive

By brnAdmin | Published September 25, 2018

Please Help Us Support Local Food Pantries

The members of BRN of Suffolk County are running a food drive this Saturday, September 29th, at Cirillo’s Market in Bellport, NY. We encourage anyone to come down and make a non-perishable food donation. All donations are going to support two local food pantries.

Here is a list of items we need the most: