STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook University Athletics Department has expanded their partnership with Lidl to launch the "Hoops for Hunger" campaign. Lidl, recently ranked a top 5 U.S. grocer in the USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice Awards, will donate one dollar for every basket that the Stony Brook men's basketball team makes at Island Federal Arena throughout the 2022-23 season. All proceeds will be donated to Long Island Cares, a local food bank on a mission to feed Long Island's food insecure.
 
"We want to thank the Stony Brook University Athletics Department and the men's basketball team for joining with our corporate partners at Lidl to launch this very exciting Hoops for Hunger campaign," said Paule Pachter, CEO of Long Island Cares. "Lidl is one of our major corporate donors that donates thousands of pounds of food to assist The Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank in meeting the needs of 230,000 Long Islanders struggling with food insecurity. We're also very grateful to the players on the Stony Brook men's basketball team for getting involved in this campaign. Each ball scored will bring hope to those in need of emergency food assistance here on Long Island."
 
At the completion of the 2022-23 campaign, Lidl will host an on-court check presentation revealing the total money raised throughout the season with representatives from Long Island Cares.
 
About Lidl:
Lidl operates more than 12,000 stores and is active in 32 countries, employing more than 360,000 employees globally. Lidl offers customers the highest quality fresh produce, meat, bakery items and a wide array of household products at unbelievably low prices. Lidl first established its U.S. headquarters in Arlington County, Virginia, in June 2015, and today sells its award-winning products in more than 170 stores across nine east coast states and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.Lidl.com. 
 
About Long Island Cares:
The Harry Chapin Food Bank has been on a mission to feed Long Island's food insecure and stamp out the root causes of hunger since our founding by the late Harry Chapin in 1980. In 2021, we distributed 14 million pounds of food – the equivalent of 11.5 million meals. But the work is not done, and Long Island Cares is committed to serving Long Island as long as the need is great. We provide nutritional food and support services for a network of more than 374 community-based member agencies, including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, child care programs, disability organizations, veterans' services programs and more. Visit Licares.org to learn more.