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Long Island Cares Market Event For Veterans
own of Oyster Bay Councilwoman Vicki Walsh teamed up with Contour Mortgage to provide personal-care items to veterans. Every Tuesday is Military Appreciation Tuesday at all of Long Island Cares’ six satellite locations. Only veterans are permitted to obtain food (pet food too), personal-care items and household products on Tuesdays. Long Island Cares is the only Long Island food bank that operates satellite locations dedicated to food distribution, job training, nutrition education and advocacy to help identify the causes and cures for food insecurity. According to Walsh, this will become a twice-monthly event. “This is a great opportunity for me to see what I can do for our veterans,” she said. “It’s all about community, and this is a great way to bring community together. At the end of the day, that’s what it’s all about.” Walsh and Brian Halloran
Essential Market. “It’s unbelievable here,” Sarrica said. “I like that they’re charitable at the time we need it most. To have something like this is heartwarming, that we’re being taken care of. It means a lot because I don’t have any income.” Veteran Reggie Taylor of Roosevelt served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and is also a regular at the Essential Market. “This helps make ends meet,” Taylor explained. “Because of Long Island Cares From left: Brian Halloran, Reggie Taylor, Councilwoman Vicki Walsh (Photo courtesy of Long Island Cares) I can make a couple of ends meet where I couldn’t before.” of Contour Mortgage handed “We like to give back to the Long Island Cares’ Veterans Also, at all Long Island out bags of personal-care community,” Halloran said. programs has been a true Cares’ six satellite locations is items to about a dozen veter- “We do lots of work with vetbenefit to the many families a program called VetsWork, ans who are weekly regulars erans. We want to do whatever frequenting the Essential dedicated to helping veterans at Long Island Cares’ Harry we can to support them.” Market. We are grateful for the enter or re-enter the workChapin Food Bank Essential “Councilwoman Walsh is support, and excited for the force. They are counseled on Market. Veterans also picked a champion for all that she potential this new relationall aspects of a job search, up their weekly allotment of serves,’ Long Island Cares ship will evolve into.” from creating a résumé and food, which is a three-day Chief Programmer, Dr. Jessica Veteran Lou Sarrica of improving interview skills to supply for regulars, and a five- Rosati said. “Introducing Plainview served in the U.S. securing a job. day supply for first-timers. Contour Mortgage to support Army,and is a regular at the —Submitted by Long Island Cares
Homes By Mara Realty Welcomes New Real Estate Agent Homes By Mara Realty of Syosset recently welcomed Kenny Schultz as one of its new Associate Real Estate brokers. New to the real estate sector, Schultz decided to venture into real estate and join Homes By Mara after enlisting Homes By Mara in 2020 to sell his Jericho home of 15 years. The firm also represented him as a buyer, leading to the purchase of the Greenlawn home he and his family reside in today. “I couldn’t help but be inspired by how dedicated, diligent and ethical Mara Navaretta and her team were in representing me and my family on both the selling and buying front while we were looking to move,” Schultz explains. “At that
Kenny Schultz (Photo courtesy of Homes by Mara)
time, I was in the process of considering a career change, so it was time to decide what it was that I wanted to redirect my new focus on. It was my experience working with Mara and her agency that made me realize real
estate was my new calling and Homes By Mara was the place for me.” Just before coming to Homes By Mara, Schultz managed a team of 200 people as a Station Operations Director at an Amazon Delivery Station in Staten Island. Prior to that, he worked as a Chief Operating Officer, where he built a staff of 200 cleaners and a dozen office employees from scratch at MyClean, Inc, while reporting to its New York, Chicago and Washington, DC offices. In addition, Schultz flew around the country resolving complicated multi-party environmental insurance claims when he was an AIG Complex Director for six years at its Manhattan and
Jersey City offices. Schultz says his colorful career has allowed him to hone the skills of negotiating financial and contractual terms in complex claims and litigation that complement his new position as a real estate broker who is committed to serving the needs of today’s home buyers and sellers. “I negotiate for a living and understand the importance of answering the bell for my clients– be it day or night,” Schultz stated. Navaretta says Schultz is a great asset to Homes By Mara and the clients they work with. “Kenny’s diverse leadership roles in business coupled with his expertise in negotiation make him a natural fit for our agency
and clients,” she explains. “Kenny’s negotiating skills and understanding of quality client service is what makes him a fine addition to our team and a great complement to the core values that our agency is built upon.” A native of Long Island who grew up in North Woodmere in the Five Towns, Schultz has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University School and is a practicing attorney specializing in insurance coverage with a Juris Doctor (JD) from NYU School of Law. He is also a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Senior Certified Professional. —Submitted by Homes by Mara
