From Left: @JesseMac74, @TwittyWoman, @PTA_Mom (who wanted to remain anonymous), @MissBeckala, @LovelyLu, @Spinderella and @SueannesJewelry

Hey Suffolk County Tweeters! We finished out the weekend with a bang! Despite the first relatively nice day in awhile, quite a few big Long Island tweeters were in attendance.  Me (@MissBeckala), @LovelyLu, @SueannesJewelry, @TwittyWoman, @Spinderella and family, @ColorfulVisions, @PTA_Mom, @JesseMac74, @TimelessLisa with her daughter and @drhli stopped in. During the three hour event:

• Approximately 75 pounds of food was collected
• $50 dollars was raised (according to Island Harvest $1 provides 2 meals)

Please note: The monetary donation was a single $50 check (THANK YOU!!) written directly to Island Harvest, which I will mail out to them tomorrow.

Many thanks to all who attended and donated.  It was great seeing everyone in person and meeting some new tweeps! Also, thanks to the great employees at Panera Bread in Hauppauge, especially the managers Corey and Kevin who were kind enough to offer to hold our donations until Island Harvest comes to pick up their Thanksgiving donation.

So, after 2 weeks of planning, it is all over.  I am so happy that we raised so much for a great cause.  Just because the events are over, the donating doesn’t have to stop. Make sure to keep on eye on the site, we will soon be announcing a way to help Island Harvest online.

On a side note, I just want to say thank you to the LITweetup Helps! Organizing Committee (Myself, Jeff Namnum, Mitch Hagler, Jean Prytyskacz and Steve Haweeli).  You are truly a fantastic group of people and together we did a really good thing!  It has been a great few weeks and I look forward to the next set of charity events that we hold.