From Empire City @
Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Wednesday, December 14, 2016—In what has become an
annual tradition and much-anticipated by social-service organizations, Empire
City Casino at Yonkers Raceway president & CEO Timothy J. Rooney will
present the hundreds of new toys and gently-used coats collected in Empire
City’s 10th Annual “Christmas Spirit” Toy and Coat Drive.
The donated items will be presented to Catholic Charities Thursday
(Dec. 15TH) at 10:30 AM at the valet entrance of the
casino. Donations will be accepted by the Catholic Charities executive
director Monsignor Kevin Sullivan and others providing social services to
families in need.
Josh Blake, president of California-based and family-owned The
Gander Group, is bringing some West Coast warmth to area families in need by
donating hundreds of toys to the annual drive, while John Lennon, owner of
Yonkers-based Smart Move & Storage, will again generously donate services
to transport and store of all donations while they are distributed by local
community organizations.
The “Christmas Spirit” Toy and Coat Drive began Nov. 1st
and generous donors have given over 600 toys and hundreds of coats. Thousands
of toys and coats have been donated since 2007, when the campaign was launched.
Local elected officials will also join Rooney & Sullivan.
Nearly 10 percent of Westchester county’s population is living in poverty, and
31 percent of that number is under the age of seventeen.
For more information, to RSVP or for any media inquiries, please
contact Taryn Duffy (tduffy@empirecitycasino.com, 914-457-2431) or John Cirillo (johnnycigarpr@aol.com, 914-260-7436).
