ANNOUNCEMENTS, CONCERTS & EVENTS
We are humbled to have our RCR friends Devon and Duane teaming up with us to Beat Hunger!
Hope to see you at the show!
CAN't make? You CAN Donate Now!
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Thursday, July 7: 2022 Smithtown Library, 1 North Country Road @ 7:00pm
Rock CAN Roll fundraiser event!
In case of inclement weather, please go to www.smithlib.org or call (631) 360-2480 ext. 150 after 3:00pm.
Click for a list of most needed food.
April is Guitar Month! April 16 11am-5pm. All Music and D'addario strings have teamed up for a restring and recycle event for free, simply bring a Healthy food donation or monetary donation for Rock CAN Roll! What to bring? Here's a list of most needed foods!
Help Out While You Rock Out! Click here for All Music event details
Rock And Roll & Temple Beth Torah Band together to help our LI neighbors, so that everyone may have enough to eat!
SUNDAY – January 30,11:00 am-1 pm in the TBT parking lot, Westbury Gardens, NY.
1. Drive Up – Drop Off – Go Home!
2. Call Up and We will pick up!
TBT: (516) 334-7979 call by Friday noon, January 28
or email Cantor Chesler: carolachesler@gmail.com
3. Make a donation via cheque, online (rockCANroll.org/donate) or Venmo to @rockCANroll
4. Drop off your healthy food donations any time and all the time that TBT is open,
in our designated RCR food boxes in both the lobby and rear vestibule.
What to bring? Click here for a list of most needed foods
Humbled & honoured to receive this award on behalf of all our amazing volunteers, friends and supporters...
Without YOU, there would be no Rock CAN Roll!
Please bring some HEALTHY nonperishables for People & PETs
to the show! What to bring? Click for a list of most needed foods!Can't' make it .. you CAN Donate now!
Help Out While You Rock Out!
ZEBRA'S 45TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
With Special Guest: Wonderous Stories
November 5, 2021
NYCB Theatre At WestburyPlease bring some HEALTHY nonperishables for People & PETs
to the show! What to bring?
Click for a list of most needed foods!
Rock CAN Roll warms the soul…
Extended through Nov 5
On Sunday Sept 26, You CAN Help Out While You Rock Out in Smithtown with Just Sixties!
With unemployment benefits coming to an end..our help is needed more than ever! What to bring you ask? Simply Click here for our list for ideas!
Come #HelpOutWhileYouRockOut. Join us for a LIVE virtual benefit concert to end hunger on Long Island! Co-Hosted by Nikki Blonsky and featuring Dudley Music and more on April 28th at 7pm!
Lineup: Libby Quinn Band (@libbyquinnband on IG) Savannah Shea Music (@_savannahshea_ on IG) Dudley Music (@dudley_music on IG)
"Let the Good Times Roll" is a virtual benefit concert hosted by Rock CAN Roll, The Moxie Agency at Hofstra University, The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication and Hofstra Concerts. All artists and planning staff on this concert are pro-bono, all proceeds due to ticket sales go directly to Rock CAN Roll and its subsidiaries.
We are grateful to partner with Athleta Manhasset - March 3-8 at their Friends & Family Event! Please Bring 5 HEALTHY nonperishable food donations to support our efforts to deliver much needed food with hope to folks who thought they'd been forgotten. What to bring?
Click Here for our List of Most Needed Foods
Questions: Contact Athleta at : 516-365-2912
CAN't make it to the store? You CAN still Donate Now ... simply CLICK HERE
THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE
Rock CAN Roll,Temple Beth Torah, & Jericho Jewish Center
Let’s BAND together to help our LI neighbors in need, before Thanksgiving!
This Sunday – November 22 from 9:30am-12:30 pm in the TBT parking lot at 243 Cantiague Rock Road - Westbury, NY
Click for List of Requested Items
Click to Donate Virtually
Honor, Celebrate and Give Thanks to Our Pharmacists
From August 29-Sept 12 at your participating Pharmacy**
OR
Drive Up & Drop Off Donations, Sunday September 13, from 2p-5p at:
Ryan Medical Building
Parking Lot on Mercy Medical Center Campus
2000 North Village Ave
Rockville Centre, NY 11570Masked and Gloved Volunteers will be onsite to unload your car.
Stay Safe & Rock On!
**Please click for a list of Participating Pharmacies.
The Big Abby Project
Photo by Bruce Gilbert
Named in honour of our beloved Abby Kaish, The Big Abby Project picks up leftover catered food from TV & Film Projections.
Each day thousands of pounds of perfectly good food is thrown away in the TV & Movie Industry. Our Big Abby Project is changing that! With Abby in our hearts, volunteers recover this delicious food and deliver it local emergency feeding programs.
Abby joined Rock CAN Roll in 2015.......Sadly Our Dear Abby suddenly passed away in January 2019. His zest for life, his CAN-Do Spirit and beautiful soul are sorely missed. Abby coordinated the collection & distribution of thousands of pounds of food from film productions to folks in need each month!
With the help of our amazing Rock CAN Roll volunteers and friends, here are of some of the productions we have partnered with to feed some hungry people, reduce waste and reduce the carbon footprint:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert / Wizard of Lies / The Dinner / Divorce Season 1 & 2 / The Comedian / Model Woman (Pilot) / The OA / Wonderstruck / Kevin Can Wait / Sneaky Pete / Red Oaks / Z /Time After Time (partial) / 40 North / Puzzle /Kevin Can Wait Seasons 1 & 2 / The Breaks / Homeland / The Good Fight Seasons 1 & 2 / Seven Seconds / Untouchable / Compliance / Untitled Nurse Project aka Salvation / Instinct / Succession / Goldfinch / Get Christie Love (Pilot) / The Tick / BULL Seasons 1,2 & 3 / The Other Two / John Wick 3 / Woman in the Window / Billions / Fose / Pose / Madame Secretary to name a few....
Congrats to Michael “Eppy” Epstein & all at
My Fathers’s Place at The Roslyn Hotel opening 6/29/18!Many Thanks for teaming up with rock CAN roll to ‘beat hunger’. You Rock!
We are humbled and honoured to play a small part of your rock ’n roll history…Visit MyFathersPlace.com for of a list of upcoming shows!Please bring along a HEALTHY food donation for people or PETS!
What to bring? Check out our list of most needed foods!
LOVE BEATLES? LOVE SPORTS?
LOVE ENTERTAINMENT?
Use Code RCN15 At Checkout To Receive Charity Discount
Steiner Sports & Entertainment are supporting rCr & 20% of sales go to support our important work!! Amazing holiday gift for Beatles fans & sports fans a like!
See event page for more details
LONG ISLAND TECH DAY!
rock CAN roll is there!
Date: 10/18/2016
Thanks to LooKING to make a Difference with GAIL
Honored to be featured with our rCr brother & friend Mike DelGuidice!
Tickets Sold Out! Thanks to all who supported this project!
Start Spreading The News! rock CAN roll has a block of tickets for The Joe Walsh Show, October 14 NYCB Theatre at Westbury! Tickets officially go on sale Friday 7/31 .. but you CAN get yours today & support rock CAN roll.
This offer for Joe Walsh Tickets to benefit the rock CAN roll is only available when purchased through the rock CAN roll organization.
Any Questions? Email: Info@rockCANroll.org or call 516-822-3457 for details.
You CAN Help Out While You Rock Out! Bring HEALTHY nonperishable for people and pets to the show!
rock CAN roll is a 501 C-3 tax exempt organization and donations are tax deductible to the
full extent of the law.
Many thanks to our friends at the NCYB Theatre at Westbury for banding together with rock CAN roll! Attending a show? PLEASE remember to bring healthy and nutritious non-perishable food donations! What to bring? MOST NEEDED FOOD LIST
Event calendar - click here
Help Out While You Rock Out around Long Island!
Many Thanks to The Paramount in Huntington, The Patchogue Theatre and the YMCA Bolton Centre in Bayshore for supporting rock CAN roll!
Attending a show? Bring any Healthy nonperishable food donation for our neighbors and their pets that live with hunger.
What to bring? Check out our list of most needed foods.
ps...You CAN drop food by any location during normal box office hours!
Maroon5 PSA for rCr
WE NEED YOUR HELP!Maroon 5 is teaming up with rock CAN roll® to beat hunger! “HANDS ALL OVER” ... Yes YOUR hands can help get food into the hands of men, women and children who need it!
See More Videos, Click Here
Schools that Rock
School of Rock in Port Jefferson NY - Thanks to the families and staff for taking a dunk to beat hunger! What a great way and an awesome day to Help Out While You Rock Out! With friends like you .. we CAN beat hunger!
Cantiauge School: Kids that keep on giving! Each month another grade does a new service project for rock CAN roll.
This month the kids collected 6 boxes of toiletries. rCr delivered the items to a local group of "blue star moms". They take care of our soldiers and families. The toiletries are being sent to our women and men overseas. There are no CVS's in Afghanistan, and the items the kids collected are desperately needed and appreciated. These kids rock! These kids rock! Can't wait to see what 2014 school year brings! Enjoy the summer…be kind and have fun!Kids that Rock
Summer camp is a great way to help out while having fun! Check out these kids! Everyone CAN Help Out While You Rock Out! What are you doing at camp? email info@rockCANroll.org and tell us How Your CAMP Rocks!
Congrats to the amazing Hannah, Ariel, Daniel and Jordan of Temple Israel of Great Neck! They collected 886 healthy food items and raised $800 for rCr!
READ MORE .The school is also participating in the Manischewitz / rCr project!
Volunteer
Hunger and poverty are tough issues that some people just prefer to ignore. Our niche to beat hunger and ease the burden of poverty is unique. If you have a few hours a week, a few hours a month, or more to give, you CAN make a difference. There are various ways you CAN help, click here for more info
Need a Volunteer Application, click here
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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Pharm Aid Food Drive Prescribes
Sunday, September 13 As Donation DayThe Long Island Pharmacists Society (LIPS) has joined together with The New York City Society of Health System Pharmacists and Rock CAN Roll to offer a prescription to fight hunger on Long Island and to honor the memory of Bill Mantel, a pharmacist who contracted corona virus in March and passed away on April 17. The collection boxes at the participating pharmacies have been generously supplied by Rx REVERSE. In addition to Bill Montel, Covid-19 has claimed the lives of other members of the Long Island Pharmacists family including Orlando Cuevas and Artie Ponce.
The inspiration for the food drive came to Rockville Center pharmacist Howard Jacobson who wanted to honor his friend’s memory. He reached out to Aimee Holtzman, the founder of Rock CAN Roll for her assistance in organizing, distributing and collecting the sorely needed items that will be donated at the local pharmacies over the next couple of weeks.
The Pharm Aid Food Drive is happening now and will continue through Saturday, September 12th at participating pharmacies. On Sunday, September 13th between 2pm and 5pm a parade of pharmacists, friends, family and customers will drive by and drop off the donations at the Ryan Medical Pharmacy in the Ryan Medical Building Parking Lot on Mercy Medical Center Campus located at 2000 North Village Avenue in Rockville Centre. Social distancing protocols will be in effect. Masked and gloved Rock CAN Roll volunteers will be onsite to unload donations. A list of participating pharmacies will be posted on social media.
Following guidelines set by the CDC, all participants participating will be required to wear face masks and practice social distancing. The safety of our pharmacists, volunteers and the generous donors is our number one priority.
In addition to nonperishable food items, Pharm Aid is hoping to provide assistance in collecting basic necessities such as face masks, soap, sanitizers, wipes, and other personal items such as toothpaste, mouthwash, etc. that can be distributed to local emergency food agencies and into the hands of folks who who have lost loved ones and livelihoods.
About LIPS
The Long Island Pharmacist SocietyWith over 200 member pharmacies, the aim of the Society is to unite the pharmacists of Long Island for mutual assistance, encouragement, and improvement in order to maintain the standard of pharmacy practice at a high professional and ethical level.
About Rock CAN Roll
Rock CAN Roll, Inc., is a volunteer, 501c3, nonprofit, hunger relief organization based on Long Island. Our message is simple: You CAN Help Out While You Rock Out! We collaborate with rock concerts, TV & Films productions, schools, corporations, and private individuals to collect healthy food (for people and pets) and basic necessities. Goods are distributed to local emergency food agencies and into the hands of folks who live with hunger and thought they'd been forgotten. You CAN Help Out While You ROCK OUT!
rock CAN roll - AARP Day of Service 2017
About Aimee - Interview with Gail Kin
AARP features rock CAN roll!
Rocking Out with Anti-Poverty Activism - Click here to read how Aimee Holtzman Hits the Right Chord!
rock CAN roll is featured in Good Deeds section of
Luxury Living Long Island Magazine! Click to read
NY Daily News reports: rockCANroll leads efforts to feed hungry through food donations! Click to read article.
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RCR at Good Morning America rCr at Good Morning America! It is said " A picture says a thousand words...to rock CAN roll, a picture CAN feed a thousand people" ... rock CAN roll was honoured to be the last invited Studio Audience at GMA - We had 50 volunteers with us - and rocked the studio! It was a most monumental event in the life and times of rCr! Many thanks to Samantha, Eddie, Robin, George, Sam and all at the GMA Family for welcoming us into your world. You were the most gracious hosts! We were thrilled to see Mario Batali and the cast of Memphis! Thanks to all who got up at 4am to tell the world about rock CAN roll! See some great pictures from the event, CLICK HERE!
Wavy Gravy, Michelle Esrick and David Becker honour rock CAN roll Founder, Aimée Holtzman
rock CAN roll received the Wavy Gravy Basic Human Needs Award at the December 9 screening of Saint Misbehavin' the Wavy Gravy Movie. rock CAN roll came to the attention of Wavy and the film makers. They believe rock CAN roll’s mission and work is very much in line with their mission–”Put your good where it will help the most.” You MUST go see the movie! click here
Wavy Gravy Basic Human Needs - Award Presentation
Watch the video of the presentation, click here
