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MANHATTAN COLLEGE STUDENTS HOST ANNUAL
TOY DRIVE FOR UNDERPRIVLIGED KIDS IN THE SOUTH BRONX
RIVERDALE, N.Y. In the tradition of giving
this holiday season, Manhattan College student volunteers, in cooperation
with the Colleges campus ministry and social action department,
are hosting the annual toy drive. The College will be accepting
toy donations until December 17, 2004. Toy donations may be delivered
to Colleges Miguel Hall, Cornerstone-Room 209.
Manhattan College student organizations, as well
as faculty and staff, have already contributed generously to this
drive. Student volunteers and campus ministry staff hope to distribute
on December 18 toys to more than 200 kids of St. Jeromes Parish
in the South Bronx. Most of the children are from underprivileged
families who reside in one of the poorest communities in the New
York City metro area.
Manhattan Colleges annual toy drive was established
three years ago by the Lasallian Collegians, an on-campus group
that focuses on volunteer work and community service. Toy donations
would be greatly appreciated. If interested in participating in
this project or making a donation, please contact Kinah Ventura
of the Colleges campus ministry and social action department
at (718) 862-7477. Members of the press interested in covering the
December 18 toy drive may contact Melanie A. Farmer, public information
officer, at (718) 862-7232.
Manhattan College was founded in 1853 upon the Lasallian
heritage of excellence in teaching inspired by St. John Baptist
de La Salle. Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational
institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs
of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering
and science.
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