What's New in Our Community

Due to Covid-19 concerns, monthly membership meetings are cancelled.
Check back for announcements about future in-person or virtual meetings.

Community Emergency Food Assistance Drive
Ongoing

To support local families who are struggling to meet basic food needs during the Covid-19 pandemic, FRNCA and Riverside Rediscovered are supporting FRNCA member organization, Blaze Church, to fund its weekly food pantry for residents in need. Can you volunteer to help? Click here to let us know.

Are you able to donate to meet this urgent need? Scroll down to the bottom this page to donate to FRNCA or click here to donate to Blaze Church.​ Or mail a check with "Food Drive" in the memo section to: 

FRNCA | P.O. Box 602 | Riverhead, N.Y. 11901  or 
​Blaze Church | 46 Bell Avenue | Flanders, N.Y. 11901

Back to School Drive
To Be Announced

For well over a decade,  FRNCA has organized a Back to School Drive with local partner organizations because FRNCA is committed to ensuring that every child in our community is going to start off successfully. Since beginning its school supply program, the drive has provided more than 1,200 supply-filled backpacks to K-4 children.

Because of Covid-19, FRNCA has been forced to cancel its fundraising events. As you can imagine, this year presents special challenges and we anticipate needs beyond the “traditional” back-to-school period. Therefore, we are working on alternative funding for our kids.

Want to help out? ​Click here to let us know.
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2021 FRNCA Scholarship

For students residing in Flanders, Riverside, or Northampton. Applicants must be a graduating high school senior who will be attending college, or an existing college student continuing his or her higher education. Application deadline is Monday, April 26. Click here to download the application.

Current Committee Advocacy Projects & Organization Initiatives

  • Riverside Maritime Trail Park & Shoreline Restoration Project
  • The Butterfly Effect Project 
  • Sepa Mujer 
  • New Riverside Facility: Children's Museum of the East End 
  • FRNCA Scholarship
  • Riverside Sewer District 
  • Beautification - Welcome Signs repair and landscaping
  • Road Safety (Flanders Road and more)
  • Riverside Economic Revitalization - Commercial Development and Affordable Housing
  • ​Local Roadway Maintenance and Improvements


Grant Applications and Projects

Approved
  • Children's Museum of the East End at Riverside – NY State Council on the Arts Grant
  • ​New Riverside Entrance to Grangebel Park 
  • Riverside Maritime Trail Park/Shoreline Restoration – NYS DEC Environmental Justice Grant
  • Riverside Brownfields Mitigation – NYS Department of State

Completed
  • Peconic River Pedestrian Bridge Design – NYS Dept. of State Grant
  • Hamlet Beautification – Suffolk County Legislative Grant
  • Iron Point Park Playground – KABOOM.org Grant
  • Community Beautification/Hamlet Services – Southampton Town Board Grant
  • Big Duck Ranch, Long Island Duck Farming Exhibit – Suffolk County Office of Film and Cultural Affairs and Town of Southampton Grants
  • COPS – U.S. Dept. of Justice Grant
  • Ludlum Park Athletic Improvements
  • ​Long Island Community Foundation – Creative Placemaking/Community Building

Community Services
​Community Building Initiatives

  • Children’s Museum of the East End – Riverside Programming
  • Head Start Support Initiative
  • Blood Drives
  • Holiday Toy Drive
  • Fall/Winter School Supply Drive
  • Food Drives
  • Scholarship Awards
  • Food Truck Community Festival
  • ​Hope Day East End Partner with Blaze Church (2018)

​Help FRNCA with a Tax Deductible Donation

Click on the "Donate" button below to donate through PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account to donate.​
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