CSEA Local 830 gathered hundreds of toys for local children at its Annual Holiday Party on December 17 at the Crest Hollow. Those toys were distributed at the Economic Opportunity Commission’s (EOC) Annual Christmas on Jackson Street celebration on December 23, as well as the Uniondale Early Childhood Center’s (UECC) Holiday Toy Event on December 18. Both organizations help provide toys for dozens of local children each holiday season. 

 

This is the second year CSEA is helping donate to the UECC. CSEA has supported the EOC’s Christmas on Jackson Street for four years now, contributing over 1,000 toys during that time. 

 

 

CSEA Local 830, the UECC and the EOC especially thank everyone who attended the Local 830 Holiday Party and donated a total of nearly 400 toys for these children. CSEA Local 830 President Jerry Laricchiuta said, “Despite the poor economy, we are so lucky to have generous members that continue to donate toys, year in and year out. We look forward to making the holiday season a little bit brighter for local children again in 2010.”