In The News:
Employees of Mid Island Collision and volunteers from Long Island Cares, the Harry Chapin Foundation, worked together Tuesday morning to load boxes of Thanksgiving food donations into trucks outside the Rockville Centre repair shop, with the hope of feeding at least 10,000 hungry families on Long Island this year.
Giving away food has become a holiday tradition for Bob Jesberger, the owner of Mid-Island Collision in Rockville Center.
Each year right before Thanksgiving, Jesberger buys enough food to feed thousands of needy families and individuals, distributing the meals through the hunger-fighting nonprofit Long Island Cares.
This year, Jesberger spent $75,000 for 10,000 turkeys, chickens and hams that were given to 40 church and community organizations during a five-h