On Giving Tuesday, Community Offshore Wind Donates 200 Winter Coats to Long Island Families
LONG BEACH, NY, December 3, 2024
On Giving Tuesday, an international day of generosity and giving, Community Offshore Wind donated 200 winter coats to Long Island families in need. The offshore wind developer partnered with The Long Beach Martin Luther King Center and Circulo de la Hispanidad to provide brand new coats to families in Long Beach. Community Offshore Wind also donated 300 coat to organizations in Brooklyn and 500 coats to organizations in New Jersey.
“At a time when many families are struggling to keep up with the cost of living, a new coat can be a major expense. Community Offshore Wind is proud to work with our partners on Long Island to help families bridge the gap this winter season while supporting a woman-owned business based in the Northeast,” said Doug Perkins, President & Project Director of Community Offshore Wind. “We see ourselves as a part of the communities we work in, and we are committed to helping meet the needs of our neighbors. We look forward to working with our partners on Long Island to deliver new benefits, including hundreds of good jobs, to New York.”
“When people think about Long Island they tend to think of sunny skies and sandy beaches, and often forget that our communities also have to brave the harsh New York winter,” said Gil Bernardino, Founder & Executive Director of Circulo De La Hispandad. “At a time when many Long Islanders are having to be mindful of spending to make ends meet, this donation from Community Offshore Wind will make a big difference – especially for those most in need in our communities. We’re thankful for this support, and look forward to partnering with them going forward.”
This fall, Community Offshore Wind submitted a proposal to deliver up to 2.8 GW of offshore wind energy to New York in response to the state’s fifth offshore wind solicitation. The proposed project would directly create hundreds of high-paying, local jobs, benefit New York businesses and accelerate progress towards the state’s clean energy goals.
Since its launch in 2022, Community Offshore Wind has been an active and engaged neighbor to New York communities, including donating tens of thousands of meals of locally-sourced seafood to hunger relief organizations, providing school supply kits for 500 New York students, cleaning up more than 1,000 pounds of garbage from Long Island and Brooklyn waterfronts, and funding field trips for more than 140 New York students to local museums.