Funds For Food Bank

With the approach of the holidays, the annual fund-raising drive for Long Island Cares/The Harry Chapin Food Bank has begun. This year’s drive honors Jack Morelli of Amagansett, who died last year. Mr. Morelli, like Harry Chapin, was a musician, and a cook who loved to make and share meals.

Tax-deductible donations in his honor, with his name noted on checks, may be sent by mail to Long Island Cares at 10 Davids Drive (Harry Chapin Way), Hauppauge 11788, or dropped off at the One Stop Market in East Hampton, where Bill Hall, the owner and a friend of Mr. Morelli, is making a collection.

Mr. Morelli’s daughter, Janae Anderson of Gallatin, Tenn., said this week that the fund drive would continue through Dec. 10, helping the food bank to provide groceries to those in need throughout the holiday season.