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COURIER LIFE, D 6 EC. 28, 2018–JAN. 3, 2019 M B G
MAN OF THE HOUR: Democratic District Leader and former Sheepshead Bay Councilman
Lew Fidler showed off the toys locals donated to the annual drive he helps organize.
Photo by Steve Solomonson
A holiday haul!
Political club collects thousands of gifts
for youngsters during annual toy drive
BY JULIANNE MCSHANE
Kind-hearted Kings Countians donated
some 3,700 toys to leaders of a
local political club for its annual yearend
toy drive, making the season very
merry for those in-need youngsters
who received the presents, according
to an organizer.
“When we look at the pile of toys,
each one of them represents the smile
on the face of a kid who otherwise
wouldn’t have a gift, and that gives you
a real good feeling,” said 41st Assembly
District Leader and former Sheepshead
Bay Councilman Lew Fidler.
Brooklynites on Dec. 20 gathered at
the Sheepshead Bay headquarters of
the 41st Assembly District Democrats
Club to help pack the trinkets up, according
to Fidler, who said locals also
donated some $8,500 in cash to the effort,
which group leaders used to buy
950 presents including stuffed animals,
board games, basketballs, dolls,
and toy cars.
Do-gooders with the American Red
Cross also dropped off 600 toys for the
collection, Fidler said.
Members of the United States Marines,
which administers the national
Toys for Tots program, also came by to
help organize and distribute the toys,
as did Brooklyn Cyclones mascot Pee
Wee and a slew of local pols, including
state Senator-elect Andrew Gounardes
(D–Bay Ridge), Councilman Alan Maisel
GALANT GULL: Brooklyn Cyclones mascot
Pee Wee, center, joined Fidler and a bighearted
local at the toy-distribution event.
Photo by Steve Solomonson
(D–Canarsie), Councilman Kalman
Yeger (D-Bensonhurst), and Brooklyn
Democratic Party boss Frank Seddio.
The 17th installment of the annual
collection showcased the true spirit of
the season of giving, according to Fidler,
who thanked his fellow club leaders
and those locals who volunteered
their time to pitch in.
“The reason that we started doing it
is because we know that a lot of people
hold a party for themselves at the holidays,
and we thought that doing something
for the less-fortunate kids was
more in the holiday spirit,” he said.
“We’re thrilled to have all the help and
support that we get.”
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