🎁 2025 North Fork Long Island Holiday Giving Directory

(Toy Drives • Food Drives • Coat Drives • Charity Events)

🎄 TOY DRIVES (North Fork & Nearby)

1. CAST (Center for Advocacy, Support & Transformation) Holiday Toy Drive

• Collecting: New unwrapped toys (all ages), gift cards, monetary donations
• Deadline: Dec 15, 2025
• Drop-Off Locations: Throughout Cutchogue, Southold, Greenport, Mattituck, Peconic, Orient/East Marion, Shelter Island, Riverhead
• Notes: Largest, most wide-ranging toy drive on the North Fork.

2. Kait’s Angels Annual Toy & Gift Card Drive

• Collecting: New toys + gift cards
• Deadline: Dec 6, 2025
• Drop-Off Locations:
  • Billy’s by the Bay – Greenport
  • Hair Solutions – Riverhead
  • East End Bagel Café – Southold
  • St. John Paul II Regional School – Riverhead
  • Additional Riverhead medical office location

3. Cutchogue Fire Department “Stuff the Sleigh” Toy Drive & 5K

• Collecting: New unwrapped toys
• Event Date: Dec 7, 2025 – 10 AM to 2 PM
• Location: Cutchogue Firehouse
• Extras: Kids Fun Run collects canned goods for local pantries.

🥫 FOOD DRIVES / PANTRY SUPPORT

4. Main Road Biscuit Co. “Stuff the Truck” Food Drive

• Collecting: Canned & dry goods, cereals, oatmeal, toiletries
• Date: Nov 30, 2025
• Location: Drop-off bins behind the restaurant (Mattituck)
• Supports: Mattituck High School food pantry

5. Twin Fork Beer Co. & Riverhead Rotary Food Drive

• Collecting: Non-perishable food
• Location: Twin Fork Beer Co., 807 Raynor Ave., Riverhead
• Timing: Holiday season (November–December)

6. Orient Beach State Park Holiday Lighting & Food Drive

• Collecting: Non-perishable food (also accepts coats — see below)
• Date: Dec 5, 2025 at 4 PM

🧥 COAT DRIVES

7. Orient Beach State Park Coat Drive

• Collecting: Gently used coats
• Date: Dec 5, 2025 (during Tree Lighting event)

8. Rise Life Services / Jodi Giglio “November-to-Remember” Coat Drive

• Collecting: Gently used coats (all ages/sizes)
• Dates: Nov 17–Nov 26, 2025
• Drop-Off Locations:
  • Jodi Giglio’s Office – 30 W Main St, Suite 103, Riverhead
  • Rise Life HQ – 901 E Main St, Riverhead
  • Riverhead Free Library – 330 Court St, Riverhead

✅ FULL COMBINED LIST (Quick View)

Toy Drives

1. CAST Holiday Toy Drive — Dec 15 deadline
2. Kait’s Angels Toy & Gift Card Drive — Dec 6 deadline
3. Cutchogue FD “Stuff the Sleigh” Toy Drive — Dec 7 event

Food Drives

4. Main Road Biscuit Co. “Stuff the Truck” — Nov 30
5. Twin Fork Beer Co. & Riverhead Rotary Food Drive — through December
6. Orient Beach State Park Food Drive — Dec 5

Coat Drives

7. Orient Beach State Park Coat Drive — Dec 5
8. Rise Life Services / Jodi Giglio “November-to-Remember” — Nov 17–26