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PSEG Long Island Employees Wish Local Children Happy Holidays with Donation of more than 500 Toys and Gifts

(UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Jan. 2, 2025) PSEG Long Island employees opened their hearts this holiday season to purchase and donate more than 500 toys and other gifts to local children through the company’s Employee Outreach Council annual toy drive. The gifts, which include electronic learning toys, dolls, sporting equipment, board games, action figures, vehicles, and more, were  distributed to children and families through community-based organizations and social services agencies across PSEG Long Island’s service area. 

They include St. John the Evangelist Church in Riverhead, Mary Brennan INN Soup Kitchen and Center for Transformative Change Resource Center in Hempstead, and Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Far Rockaway (complete list of organizations is below).

PSEG Long Island employees support their neighbors throughout the year with donations and volunteer activities because, along with providing safe and reliable power, community service is an important part of PSEG Long Island’s culture and mission.

Agencies receiving gifts: 

Suffolk County

  • Bellport Hagerman East Patchogue Alliance in Bellport
  • First Presbyterian Church of Northport
  • Lighthouse Mission in Bellport
  • Gerald Ryan Outreach in Wyandanch
  • St. John the Evangelist Church in Riverhead
  • Youth Enrichment Services (YES) in West Islip

 

Nassau County

  • Hempstead Hispanic Civic Association in Hempstead
  • Christ Apostolic Church WOSEM in Elmont
  • Mary Brennan INN Soup Kitchen and Center for Transformative Change Resource Center in Hempstead
  • Our Lady of Good Counsel in Inwood

 

Rockaways

  • St. Mary Star of the Sea in Far Rockaway
  • Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Far Rockaway
 

Pictured with some of the 500 gifts donated and collected by PSEG Long Island employees to be distributed to organizations and given out to local children are: (front row) Susan Desch, Brianna Maye, Mirela Filipovic and Patricia Cuilla;(back row) Tonya Simmons, Tara Bodenmiller, and Kerrie Dutton. All are PSEG Long Island employee volunteers.

Photo caption: Pictured with some of the 500 gifts donated and collected by PSEG Long Island employees to be distributed to organizations and given out to local children are: (front row) Susan Desch, Brianna Maye, Mirela Filipovic and Patricia Cuilla;(back row) Tonya Simmons, Tara Bodenmiller, and Kerrie Dutton. All are PSEG Long Island employee volunteers. 
 

 

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PSEG Long Island
PSEG Long Island operates the Long Island Power Authority’s transmission and distribution system under a long-term contract.  PSEG Long Island is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a publicly traded diversified energy company.