More than 1,300 toys were given away by NYPD\u2019s Queens South Community Affairs Section, the 116th Precinct and the O\u2019Brien Family Foundation on Dec. 20.<\/p>\n
People lined up outside the precinct\u2019s stationhouse in Rosedale for scooters, unicorn bookbags, xylophones, toy trucks and more.<\/p>\n
Police Officers Sam Aristide and Elvin Sanchez of the 116th Precinct dressed as Santa Claus and Spider-Man, respectively, and took photos with youths at the precinct\u2019s community room.<\/p>\n
The O\u2019Brien Family Foundation, led by Marcia O\u2019Brien, treasurer of the precinct\u2019s community council, donated 400 toys and Blaise French, an area resident, donated 500 toys.<\/p>\n
Lt. Frantz Chauvet, left, also of the 116th Precinct, helped organize the giveaway and distributed toys to the children who left with big smiles on their faces.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday is about more than toys,\u201d said Chauvet. \u201cIt\u2019s about showing our children that their community cares. When police and community come together, we build trust, spread joy, and remind our families that we are stronger together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Capt. Darnell Simon, the precinct\u2019s newly appointed commanding officer, said the toy giveaway is a small gesture with a big message.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery child deserves to feel seen, supported and celebrated,\u201d he said. \u201cTogether, police and community partners are bringing smiles, hope and holiday cheer to our neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Naeisha Rose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 1,300 toys were given away by NYPD\u2019s Queens South Community Affairs Section, the 116th Precinct and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[19642,969,9,24,63,103,122,124,123,39827,37190],"class_list":["post-80296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-116th-precinct","tag-holidays","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-the-obrien-family-foundation","tag-toy-giveaway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80296","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=80296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}