OPEN DOOR HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE BEGINS

Local residents in Westchester and Brewster in Putnam County can support Open Door Family Medical Center”™s annual Holiday Toy Drive and Toy Distribution by donating new, unwrapped toys for newborns through 14 years old from now through Dec. 22.

“This is especially important during a year like this, when many children in Westchester and Putnam counties have learned to do without because of the pandemic and its impact on the economy, particularly among those families most in need,” said Jane Levy, senior manager of volunteer programs, Open Door Foundation.

Open Door, a Federally Qualified Health Center, serves nearly 60,000 patients each year, many of whom would otherwise be unable to afford quality health care, living at or below the federal poverty line of $26,200 per year for a family of four. Each year, the Open Door Foundation collects toys for children from families of less fortunate means, which are distributed at six Open Door Medical Centers in the area. This year, Open Door hopes to distribute more than 5,000 toys.

Toy collection centers are at any of six Open Door Family Medical Centers: Brewster, 155 Main St., Suite 101 (lower level); Mamaroneck, 689 Mamaroneck Ave.; Mount Kisco, 30 W. Main St.; Ossining, 165 Main St.; Port Chester, 5 Grace Church St.; and Sleepy Hollow, 316 N. Broadway (Route 9).

For more information, visit opendoormedical.org/join-us/volunteer/holiday-toy-drive.