Tenth Annual FreeMAT Toy Drive Collects Hundreds of Gifts for Children of U.S. Military

Friday, December 07, 2012

Tenth Annual FreeMAT Toy Drive Collects Hundreds of Gifts for Children of U.S. Military

MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Allison Fleming
alf9034@nyp.org, (718) 670-2374

Heather Carman
hec9033@nyp.org, (718) 670-2744

EVENT:
This holiday season FreeMAT (the Freedom Medical Aid Team) of New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ) gathered hundreds of holiday toys to distribute to children of deployed military personnel.

Representatives from the U.S. Army will visit NYHQ to receive the toys in a presentation from NYHQ President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen S. Mills, NYC Comptroller John Liu and other elected officials.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: The presentation will conclude with a photo opportunity of U.S. Army representatives, NYHQ administration and elected officials loading toys into a NYHQ ambulance for delivery.    

WHERE:
Main Lobby – New York Hospital Queens (Entrance off of Main Street)
56-45 Main Street, Flushing, N.Y. 11355

WHEN:
Friday, December 14, 2012
3 p.m.; Media are asked to check in by 2:45 p.m.

WHO:
Since 2002, FreeMAT has been actively involved in collecting toy donations for the children of deployed U. S. Armed Forces personnel stationed at Fort Totten in Queens and other local reserve bases in the region. The toys will be distributed to children at several holiday parties in December.

This year, FreeMAT partnered with New York City Comptroller John Liu, local schools, Community Bd. #7, Senators Toby Stavisky and Tony Avella, Congresswoman-elect Grace Meng, Assembly Members Rory Lancman and Edward Braunstein, Council Members Peter Koo and Dan Halloran, and the Bayside-Whitestone Lions Club to gather donations.

For more information on New York Hospital Queens, visit www.nyhq.org. New York Hospital Queens is a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System and affiliated with the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

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