Local nonprofi t hosts toy giveaway in LeFrak City
Photo by Robert Merola
TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | JAN. 1-JAN. 7, 2021 15
BY QNS STAFF
In honor of the holidays and
in remembrance of a community
activist, a local nonprofit
hosted a toy giveaway in Le-
Frak City earlier this month.
The Foundation for Sustainable
Community Development
Initiative (FSCDI) partnered
with the Silver Spoon Diner,
LeFrak City Tenant Association
and a host of toy donors to
give back to the Elmhurst community
during their annual
toy giveaway.
Normally held at the
Queens Public Library branch
in LeFrak City, the nonprofit
hosted the event in the Silver
Spoon Diner this year due to
COVID-19 restrictions and the
closure of libraries.
In addition to the giveaway,
FSCDI honored Jim Galloway,
an Elmhurst community leader
who passed away earlier
this year.
Galloway would often take
children from LeFrack City to
Radio City Music Hall to see
the Rockettes and the Christmas
celebration.
Dr. George Onuorah, the
CEO of the nonprofit, submitted
a request to Community
Board 4 to co-name 57th Avenue
after Galloway.
“The late Jim Galloway was
a civic and community-minded
leader whose love of children
distinguishes him and makes
him an exceptional leader worthy
of any high honor, including
co-naming 57th Avenue as
a way to memorialize his name
for posterity,” Onuorah said.
The toy giveaway was supported
by donors including
the Queens Center Mall, City
Comptroller Scott Stringer,
Silver Spoon Diner, the Le-
Frak City Tenant Association
and Schneps Media President
Victoria Schneps.
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