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Toys Distributed by Children of the City Charity in Brooklyn

By: Kristin Gabriel

Children of the City's annual "Just One Gift" campaign in December in Brooklyn, New York provides and receive a new gift and encouragement. New Yorkers and people from around the country generously donate toys.

Here's why. In Brooklyn alone there are 17 thousand cases of child abuse with a 48 percent high school drop out rate. Of about 30 thousand students, 15 thousand are dropouts. One out of every three families lives below the poverty line. Believe it or not, some of the children even wear sandals during the cold winter. There are drugs, disease, gang violence and crime, along with about a thousand deaths annually.

Four years ago Rocco Basile was seeking volunteer his time to a charity that helps children in need and decided to join the Board of this organization to help do something about these statistics. Why? Because the problems were happening right in his own back yard in Sunset Park. The charity work that this wonderful charitable foundation did was a perfect fit for Rocco Basile.

"Hundreds of people are in need of intervention, including families in need of counseling and children that need educations. Our motivational quote is that Children of the City is an organization making a difference," said Basile.

However this year, the annual toy drive ran into an unforeseen obstacle course when scheduling problems caused a benefactor to push back the delivery date on a pledge for 300 toys. Everyone had worked very hard on this year's toy drive securing donations and organizing a series of gift wrapping events. Most of the toys were scheduled to arrive by a certain day, when a dozen volunteers from NYCares were supposed to help wrap the toys. It was carefully planned so that each volunteer would have plenty to do.

Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans. Stormy clouds and snow, sleet and rain hit the tri-states causing delays. Not even half of the deliveries made it to the charity's headquarters in time for the events. Sixty willing and able gift wrappers from Volunteer NYC, Old Navy, and several high school students, patiently waited for the toys.

Just in the nick of time, the Basile family car pulled up just like it was Santa's sleigh with 12 Razor scooters and a number of trendy toys purchased by a group of very generous people including the Basile Builder's Group business associates. Rocco Basile spent the prior weeks soliciting toys from anyone who would listen.

Volunteers were happy to get busy and wrap up Barbie, Bratz and Hannah Montana dolls that would be handed out to the children.

More than eight companies and organizations gave toys, while there were 89 people volunteering to wrap gifts over a three day period. A total of 890 new toys were donated, and there were 100 bags of assorted groceries to distribute to those in need.

In all, 400 children ages 4-15 attended the annual Christmas event with 76 volunteers including visitors from Ohio and Virginia. At the charity event the children learned that gifts are not just charity donations that are items purchased with money. The children were encouraged with motivational quotes to see themselves and their unique talents, abilities, time, and acts of service as gifts to the ones they love. They were also encouraged to forge ahead amidst their many challenges; to believe in themselves and to make the right choices to positively affect their lives and their community.

Article Source: http://www.newagelivingarticles.com

Kristin Gabriel has been writing about non-profits for over 20 years and has taken an interest in the work being done by Children of the City and the Joe DiMaggio Committee for Xaverian High School and their Board Member Rocco Basile, of Basile Builders Group.

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