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Irene Dellaquila
(856) 455-3230 Ext 200
KELLY & PAL HOLD BREAKFAST DEC 19TH AS PART OF GIFT
DRIVE FOR AREA CHILDREN
Success as an elected official can be measured in many
ways, but for Bridgeton Mayor Albert B. Kelly, one important measure, at least
during the holiday season, is the number of unwrapped gifts collected for the
areas underprivileged children, which can then be distributed through the
Bridgeton Area Police Athletic League.
As he’s done in year’s past, Mayor Kelly will be holding
the “Mayor’s Holiday Breakfast” at the Marino Center at 11 Washington Street on
December 19th from 8:00am to 10:00am.
His one standing request, aside from bringing a healthy
appetite, is that those attending bring at least one unwrapped child or youth
gift for a young person between the ages of 2 and 17 years old.
The gifts will be distributed by the Bridgeton Area
Police Athletic League, with the volunteers at PAL working to ensure that the
gifts get to those individuals and families that might not otherwise be able to
get- or give- this holiday season; a cause near to his heart.
“The season is about giving and it doesn’t get much
better than seeing the delight on the face of a young person as they open a
gift they’ve been given. For families in our area are in hard times, parents
may not be able to afford much and working with and through partners like PAL,
we want to help” said Kelly.
Because of the age range, Kelly is hoping that those
attending will keep in mind that the gift drive also hopes to provide for
tweens and teens as well; many of whom participate in the PAL activities.
“Often, when think of helping children, we think of the
youngest children, but our teens and tweens have one foot in childhood even as
they have the other foot in young adulthood. There will be time enough to be a
grown with all those challenges; I still want to know they got to smile on
Christmas morning,” Kelly said.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Irene
Dellaquila in the Office of the Mayor at (856) 455-3230 or via email at
dellaquilai@cityofbridgeton.com.
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