First Responders Childrens Annual Toy Express
BY FIRST RESPONDERS
CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION
First Responders Children’s
Foundation, a nonprofi t
organization that supports
children of fi rst responders
and their families, teamed
up with the Queens Hospital
Center to deliver more than
a thousand free holiday toys
and masks this month to local
children and staff, the latter
of which have been working
hard on the Frontlines of
the Pandemic. With the help
of Medical Surgical Patient
Care Assistant Ramona Torres,
the toys were distributed
at the Hospital. Over 120 children
and staff members were
gifted more than 1000 toys and
masks.
“We’re saying happy holidays
and thank you to the heroic
fi rst responders who show
up when we dial 911,” said Jillian
Crane, President of First
Responders Children’s Foundation.
“Toy Express will help
make a happy holiday for the
children of our fi rst responders
which include nurses,
fi refi ghters, police offi cers,
EMTs, paramedics, medical
personnel, and 911 dispatchers.
Our fi rst responders are
on the frontlines of the pandemic,
and they continue to
risk their own health every
day in selfl ess service to their
local communities across the
country.”
First Responders Children’s
Foundation established
the Toy Express with a
generous toy donation worth
more than $3,500,000 in retail
value from Mattel and American
Girl
including 5,000 signature
18” American Girl dolls and
more than 45,000 in other
Mattel products such as Hot
Wheels®, Barbie® and Mega
Bloks®. Additional sponsors
include CSX, Good360, Hess
Toy Truck, Jakks Pacifi c,
MaskUSA.com, and Toys for
Tots. In addition, generous
individuals across the nation
are helping bring holiday
cheer to fi rst
responder families by
making donations of toys and
money. Transportation of toys
and masks across the country
is coordinated and provided
by Total Quality Logistics
(TQL) and their Moves that
Matter program.
By the end of the holiday
season, First Responders
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Children’s Foundation’s
Toy Express will have delivered
almost 250,000 free toys
and masks through various
COVID-safe events throughout
the country.
First Responders Children’s
Foundation began
in the wake of 9/11 when
Founder and Chairman, Alfred
R. Kahn, hosted the fi rst
annual Thanksgiving Day
Parade Breakfast just weeks
after the 9/11 attacks. That
year, more than 800 children
and family members of fi rst
responders lost in the line of
duty were invited to watch
the Thanksgiving Day Parade
from private, front-row viewing
which began an annual
tradition of welcoming devastated
fi rst responder families
into a supportive environment
to face the challenges of
the start of a holiday season
without a loved one. 19 years
later, the Foundation continues
to support the families
of fi rst responders across the
country with critical assistance
including college scholarships
and fi nancial grants
including paying for funeral
bills of fi rst responders who
made the ultimate sacrifi ce in
service to their community.
During the 2020 pandemic, the
Foundation has assisted more
than 677,638 fi rst responders
through its COVID-19 Emergency
Response Fund. This
holiday season, First Responders
Children’s Foundation’s
Toy Express will help
provide cheer and happiness
to children and families of
fi rst responders. Media assets
for Toy Express can be
found at https://1strcf.org/
toy-express/.
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