Children's Hospital Gets a Boost from Grocery Chain

Stony Brook Long Island Children's Hospital got a $5,000 boost from King Kullen and Wild by Nature supermarkets, the result of a two-month effort to collect donations from customers at checkout lines.

Every donation counts as the children's hospital attempts to raise millions for the construction of a new facility. In October, the fundraising total was

"We are deeply thankful for their support, which helps us move closer to making a new Stony Brook Children’s hospital a reality for Long Island," Danielle Holton, senior director of development for Stony Brook University Medical Center, said in a statement.