Happy Family Center children with Santa
Left to right: Board member Barbara Blakney, Executive Director Ivy Gamble Cobb, and Board member Joel Field III who recruited the NYLife and Everyday Christian Church volunteers
On Saturday, Dec 20th, Santa visited with Family Center client families and their children at Friendship Baptist Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Over 100 families attended and everyone left with toys and gifts for their children and teens. Volunteers from Credit Suisse, New York Life and Everyday Christian Church in Inwood contributed their time, energy and holiday spirit. We are grateful to them and the following Toy Drive sponsors who donated generously so that our client families’ holidays would shine brightly:
The Ad Council
Blenderbox
Credit Suisse
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
Kane Street Synagogue
Kohl’s
La Mano Pottery
Linedata
Liquidnet
Lord & Taylor
Macy’s
Modell’s Sporting Goods
Pajama Program
Reilly & Associate Architects
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
The Family Center thanks everyone who made our Annual Toy Drive a success -and wish all our supporters and their families a very happy, healthy holiday season and New Year!