Community

Uniting Against Lung Cancer will kick off the summer season in Southampton with its eighth annual, "Kites for a Cure" event at Coopers Beach.

East End Arts is holding their 18th Annual Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival in downtown Riverhead.

Citizens for Access Rights is coming together once again for their annual summer fundraiser to raise awareness and collect proceeds to benefit the protection of access to public beaches from efforts to privatize them.

Each summer, the Fresh Air Fund Volunteer Host Family Program is responsible for providing over 4,000 inner-city boys and girls with host families in suburban areas in over thirteen states.

The Founders Affiliate of the American Heart Association's 6th Annual Heart Ride is cycling through the Hamptons soon.

Project MOST and Springs Seedlings are holding their annual Springs Seedlings Plant Sale with organic herbs, organic vegetables, and flowers grown by Springs School students.

May 15th marks the 35th Anniversary Spring Gala in support of Independent Group Home Living (IGHL) and it represents the agency's most important fundraising event of the year.

Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, Inc. is marking a milestone by holding a bash celebrating their 40th anniversary in animal care.

"Thanks to our partnership with Southampton Hospital and the New York Organ Donor Network, we were able to increase organ donor registration on the East End by 102 percent from 2009-2012," said Frank Dalene of the East Hampton Lions Club.

"East Hampton Trails Preservation Society operated on a very tight budget, which includes significant costs for maintaining our own trails. Paddlers for Humanity's contribution will go a long way toward fulfilling our mission," said Jim Zajac, President of East Hampton Trails Preservation Society (EHTPS).