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Valentines for Vets reaches
record number of donations
BY JENNA
BAGCAL
Northeast Queens
residents spread
some love to
hospitalized war
veterans this
Valentine’s Day.
On Feb. 14, Bayside
Assemblyman Ed
Braunstein, along
with the Law Offices
of Ann-Margaret
Carrozza and
Community Board 11,
announced a recordbreaking
number
of contributions
to the 23rd annual
Valentines for Vets
Gift Donation.
Hospitalized men
and woman at the St.
Albans VA Community
Living Center and
the New York State
Veterans’ Home at
St. Albans received
thousands of heartfelt
gift donations in
honor of the sacrifices
they have made for the
country.
“I would like
to sincerely thank
everyone who
p a r t i c i p a t e d ,
especially our local
schools, for once
again supporting
our community’s
Valentines for Vets
gift drive. These
donations helped
to brighten the
day of hundreds of
veterans by showing
that we care about
them and appreciate
their sacrifices,”
said Braunstein.
“Additionally, I want
to thank Community
Board 11 for its
participation in the
gift drive.”
A total of 25 schools
in northeast Queens,
along with churches,
civic organizations,
Boy and Girl Scout
Assemblyman Edward Braunstein is pictured on Valentine’s Day at the St. Albans VA Community Living
Center with veterans, as well as his staff, and students and faculty from Benjamin N. Cardozo High School.
Courtesy of Braunstein’s office
troops and residents,
donated handwritten
cards, candy, new
clothing items, playing
cards, puzzles and
toiletries. Donations
were delivered on
Valentine’s Day by
Braunstein and his
staff in cooperation
with students and
faculty from Benjamin
N. Cardozo High
School.
“For the 23rd year,
we asked the residents
of northeast Queens
to consider making a
hospitalized veteran
their Valentine, and
they answered that
appeal once again by
generously donating
thousands of items
to our hospitalized
heroes,” said Carrozza.
The lawyer
and former
a s s emb l ywoma n
started Vets for
Veterans when
she was in college
and expanded the
donation event when
she was in office.
“I had service
veterans in my
family growing up,
and in college, I
became aware that
not enough attention
was being paid to
our veterans and it
means so much to
them when people
are grateful and
appreciative of their
sacrifice,” Carrozza
said back in 2011.
Here is a list
of community
organizations who
contributed to the
veterans donation
this year:
- Bayside Community
Library
- Bayside Kiwanis
- Beech Hills
Shareholders
- Benjamin N.
Cardozo High School
- Bridge View
Nursing Home
- Cambria Heights
Academy for New
Literacies
- Conron Girl Scout -
Troop of Whitestone
- Daughters of the
American Revolution
- Deepdale CARES
NORC
- Divine Wisdom -
Catholic Academy
- Girl Scout Troop
4279
- Greater Whitestone
Taxpayers Civic
Association
- Holy Cross Troop
4175
- Holy Trinity
Catholic Academy
- IS 25
- Jefferson Democratic
Club
- MS 158
- Our Lady of the
Snows Catholic
Academy
- PS 9
- PS 21
- PS 32
- PS 41
- PS 130
- PS 159
- PS 184
- PS 193
- PS 811
- PS/MS 219
- Q285-WJPS
- Queensboro Hill
Community Church
- Sacred Heart
Catholic Academy
- School District 25
Pre-K Centers
- School District 30
Pre-K Center
- St. Kevin Catholic
Academy
- St. Kevin Church
Boy Scout Troop 75
- St. Luke School
- St. Nicholas Greek
Orthodox Church
Seniors
- The Lowell School
- William
Spyropoulos Greek-
American Day School
Reach reporter
Jenna Bagcal by
e-mail at jbagcal@
qns.com or by phone
at (718) 224-5863 ext.
214.
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