Rock and Wrap It Up - Charity Brings Donated Food to LI's Hungry

Newsday - February 21, 2013 - Jan Tyler

Syd Mandelbaum, a Cedarhurst resident, founded Rock and Wrap It Up in 1991.

Almost every Sunday night, Darryll Smith drives 20 miles from his Hempstead home to Madison Square Garden ... Smith picks up boxes of unsold but fresh-wrapped hamburgers, hot dogs and salads left over and donated by food concessions, which he later delivers to homeless shelters in Hempstead.

Smith's routes are preplanned by Rock and Wrap It Up, a Cedarhurst-based anti-poverty think tank that fights hunger. The group has more than 400 volunteers on Long Island and more than 5,000 others in the United States and Canada who recover donated, leftover food and deliver it to the needy.

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Rock and Wrap It Up continues to expand, but the organization's financial resources are strained and donations are needed to help the group continue its mission. Contact officials at 516-295-0670 or at info@rockandwrapitup.org

Donations to help feed the hungry are accepted, and a form is available on the group's website, rockandwrapitup.org

Contact: Diane Mandelbaum, vice president of operations; dmandelbaum@rockandwrapitup.org, 877-691-3663