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Bronx Chamber of Commerce President Lisa Sorin (front), Casita Maria Executive Director Felix Urrutia (back row, left) and members of the Casita Maria staff at the Bronx Chamber Holiday Party on Dec. 4, 2025.<\/p>\n
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The Bronx Chamber of Commerce<\/a> held their a holiday party on Thursday, Dec. 4, where they and the Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education<\/a> celebrated the success of their annual toy drive.<\/p>\n During this year\u2019s toy drive, the Bronx Chamber of Commerce and Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education were able to collect hundreds of new, unwrapped toys for the kids served by Casita Maria programs. The toys were donated at the holiday party.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are proud to partner with Casita Maria this year and deeply grateful to our members and supporters who continue to step up for Bronx families,\u201d Bronx Chamber of Commerce President Lisa Sorin said.\u00a0\u201cThe holidays can be especially challenging for many of the children Casita Maria serves, and this toy drive is a reminder of how powerful our business community can be when we come together with generosity and purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n The holiday party made for a great setting for Bronx Chamber members, business leaders and community partners to gather and show their support for kids and families in the borough during the holiday season by contributing to the toy drive. The new, unwrapped toys were on display at this festive event.<\/p>\n \u201cCasita Maria is honored to be the Bronx Chamber\u2019s toy drive recipient this season,\u201d Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education Executive Director Felix Urrutia said. \u201cThese donations make a real difference for our young people, ensuring that every child we serve experiences joy, dignity and belonging during the holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to Sorin and Urrutia, other attendees of the holiday party included Casita Maria\u2019s program staff and supporters of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce.\n<\/p>\n The Bronx Chamber\u2019s toy drive reflects the organization\u2019s long-standing commitment to uplifting kids in the borough through partnerships that invest in education, youth empowerment and community development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bronx Chamber of Commerce President Lisa Sorin (front), Casita Maria Executive Director Felix Urrutia (back row, left) and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,6168,37286,22032,37287,24515,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-73714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-chamber-of-commerce","tag-bronx-chamber-of-commerce-holiday-toy-drive","tag-casita-maria-center-for-arts-and-education","tag-holiday-party","tag-holiday-toy-drive","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}