{"id":80434,"date":"2025-12-24T20:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/80434\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T20:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:08:11","slug":"queens-museum-child-center-of-ny-host-annual-magia-navidena-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/80434\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens Museum, Child Center of NY host annual Magia Navide\u00f1a \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Magia\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The Queens Museum packed with visitors for the Magia Navide\u00f1a on Dec. 16.<\/p>\n

Courtesy of TCCNY<\/p>\n

The Child Center of NY (TCCNY)<\/a> and the Queens Museum<\/a> co-hosted the annual Magia Navide\u00f1a, or \u201cCommunity Holiday Toy Magic\u201d event, at the Langston Hues Cultural Center within the museum to celebrate the holidays with special note of Latin American traditions.<\/p>\n

TCCNY set up a booth to give out coloring books, children\u2019s books and tote bags, as well as donations from its annual toy\/charity drive. This year, TCCNY successfully donated 500 toys, jackets, hats and blankets to those in need this winter season.<\/p>\n

\"\"Courtesy of TCCNY<\/p>\n

\u201cServing our community is always stronger when we do it together. Partnering with other organizations allows us to reach more families, spread more joy, and remind our children that they are seen, valued, and loved \u2014 especially during the Christmas season,\u201d said Elizabeth Ortiz, program director. \u201cGiving toys is more than a gift; it\u2019s a message of hope, unity, and community care.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The many toys donated by the event sponsors. Courtesy of TCCNY<\/p>\n

Well over 100 revelers came out to show donate items and enjoy the large buffet of food hot chocolate, artmaking with artist Niceli Portugal, and take pictures with Santa Claus and the Grinch. Children ages 0-10 in attendance even received a toy to \u201cbrighten their holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Courtesy of TCCNY<\/p>\n

\"\"Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas poses for a photo in front of the TCCNY booth<\/p>\n

TCCNY has 80 locations in New York with several spotted throughout Queens, including Woodside<\/a>, Forest Hills<\/a> and Corona<\/a>, in close proximity to the museum. A representative of TCCNY stated that both the toy drive and the \u201cChristmas Magic\u201d event are an important part of community outreach to the 60,000 New Yorkers the provider serves annually. Other notable sponsors of the party include Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, NYC Health + Hospitals\/Elmhurst and several Latin American dedicated non-profits such as La Victoria and Colombianos en New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cHundreds of our neighborhood\u2019s children came together to eat, celebrate, and receive a holiday gift\u2014surrounded by family, joy, and the beauty of the Queens Museum, one of our community\u2019s most cherished spaces,\u201d Gonzalez-Rojas wrote on Instagram. \u201cMoments like these remind us what the holidays are really about: showing up for one another and making sure every child feels seen, supported, and celebrated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queens Museum packed with visitors for the Magia Navide\u00f1a on Dec. 16. Courtesy of TCCNY The Child…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[39858,39859,9,24,63,122,124,7916,123,39860],"class_list":["post-80434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-child-center-of-ny","tag-magia-navideu00f1a","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-museum","tag-queens-news","tag-tccny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80434","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=80434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}