20 DECEMBER 5, 2019 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
O’Neill’s restaurant and NYPD Honor Legion
to host Widows and Orphans Christmas Party
BY ANGELICA ACEVEDO
AACEVEDO@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
O’Neill’s and the NYPD Honor Legion
are teaming up once again for their
annual Widows and Orphans Christmas
Party on Friday, Dec. 6.
For about 30 years, the event has brought
together families and friends who have lost
a loved one that served in the NYPD for an
aft ernoon of Christmas fun.
“It’s all about giving a little sunshine or
a smile for a kid who lost a parent who was
a police offi cer,” Danny Pyle, O’Neill’s coproprietor,
told QNS.
The invite-only event will take place at
O’Neill’s restaurant on 64-21 53rd Dr. from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a complimentary
buff et provided by O’Neill’s and a host
of activities designed by the NYPD Honor
Legion, including a demonstration with
police on horseback, NYPD dogs, robots
and drones.
“The NYPD Honor Legion is the oldest
fraternity organization within the department
and we’ve been doing this event for
many years,” a spokesperson for the NYPD
Honor Legion told QNS. “We’ll have gift s for
kids from newborns to 13-year-olds and gift
cards for the widows.”
Santa Claus will also join the party. According
to Pyle, Santa has fl own in from an
NYPD helicopter in past events.
O’Neill’s, who’s been a staple in Maspeth
for 86 years, has hosted more than 100
people for this event and they expect the
same this year.
The NYPD Honor Legion feels the event is
particularly important, as they don’t want
the widows and children “to think they’re
ever forgotten.”
HELPING HANDS
On Thanksgiving Day, the Peter Cardella Senior Center served 200 senior and community residents a
complete home-cooked Thanksgiving meal with all of the trimmings. The center also delivered 450 meals
to the homebound seniors in the neighborhoods of Community Board 2 and 5 in Queens. Pictured is the
executive Director Barbara Toscano, along with staff and volunteers plating the meal. This is an annual tradition
of serving the community on Thanksgiving Day for past 30 years.
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