NBTY Receives Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award for Corporate Leadership

NBTY Receives Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award for Corporate Leadership

Company honored at dinner to benefit Long Island Cares, Inc.

Ronkonkoma, NY, November 6, 2013— NBTY, a leading global manufacturer and distributor of high-quality vitamins and nutritional supplements, was awarded the Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award for Corporate Leadership by Long Island Cares, Inc. at an award dinner held November 5.

NBTY has worked closely with Long Island Cares to feed the hungry, support services for the homeless and expand children’s nutrition services.  To help LI Cares better serve additional communities, NBTY provided the organization with funds to open a new office in Lindenhurst Village. In the days and months following Superstorm Sandy, NBTY and its Associates made substantial contributions to support storm victims across Long Island. This year, NBTY has also partnered with LI Cares through the company’s charitable organization, NBTY Helping Hands, by donating thousands of backpacks filled with new school supplies, by sponsoring the annual Concert for Children's Hunger Awareness and by sponsoring (with LI Cares and the Long Island Ducks) Hunger Awareness Day at Bethpage Ballpark to celebrate national Hunger Action Month.

“We selected NBTY as this year’s corporate honoree because it has, for eight years, been a partner to us in our work to end hunger on Long Island,” said Paul Pachter, Executive Director of Long Island Cares.  “NBTY is an organization who stands behind its wellness mission in every sense of the word and we are thankful to be able to work with them.”

“We’re humbled that Long Island Cares has chosen to honor NBTY with this award,” said Jeff Nagel, CEO of NBTY. “NBTY is committed to wellness, and true wellness reaches far beyond the lines of just physical well-being; it reaches into every part of someone’s life. We are dedicated to supporting the children, the hungry and other Long Islanders who need a helping hand on their path to wellness.”

NBTY has shared its success by generously supporting the local community through charitable contributions to worthy causes all over Long Island.  The mission of the Long Island-based corporate leader in the nutritional supplement industry is to enhance the well-being of their customers globally by delivering the highest quality, best value nutritional supplements and wellness products.