For 24 years, Bergen County's local PBA's have been delivering Christmas toys to kids in need.
Lines are never good. But these lines are particularly bad. You will not find them in toy stores or in malls. These lines are the pathways carved by unimaginable agony, yet tell a story of unceasing hope and incredible faith. These are the lines that map the faces of parents afflicted with the anguish of watching over, and caring for, their seriously ill children. Many of whom are dying. Now in its 24th year, the Santa Response Team, organized by Closter police sergeant Don Nicoletti and consisting of PBA members from all over North Jersey, has brought Santa to Hackensack University Medical Center's Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital and Tomorrows Children to deliver Christmas to the children and families who occupy every pediatric …
Collections will run through Dec. 20 with a drop box at the Oradell Police Station
The Oradell Police Department will be collecting new unwrapped toys at the police station through Dec. 20 to benefit military families and Hurricane Sandy victims across New Jersey. As part of the two-dozen police departments in the Santa Response Team, items will be collected now through Dec. 17 at police headquarters, 355 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell. Along with military families and Hurricane Sandy victims, collected items will also be delivered to the Sanzari Children's Hospital, Westside Infant & Teen Center, Tomorrow's Children, Bergen County Head Start Programs and New Hope in Westwood. Items can also be dropped off at neighboring Pascack Valley police departments in Emerson, Dumont, Haworth, Paramus, Park Ridge, Washington Township, …
Bergen County PBA's toy drive celebrates its biggest year ever
PBA members from across Bergen County delivered more than 2000 toys to area hospitals and shelters on Tuesday, toys that had been collected for weeks at myriad police departments. The Santa Response Team "is like a chain link fence," Closter police officer and founding SRT member Don Nicoletti said as he surveyed the endless piles of toys being delivered by dozens of volunteers. "We're only as strong as each link." Nicoletti told Patch that this was "by far the best year ever" with the most toys being collected and distributed. "Every year this event grows," Nicoletti said proudly. "This year is much bigger because a lot more agencies have jumped onto the SRT sleigh." He also commented that even in an economy like this, people continue to…
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4:48 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
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