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New York, NY – February 1, 2010 – A group of NYCPM students, Class of 2011, demonstrated their holiday spirit recently by collecting and donating toys to children at a nearby shelter for homeless families. The students, members of the Student National Podiatric Medical Association, ran a toy drive at the College during the first three weeks of December, collecting more than 80 toys. Donations of new and gently-used toys were received from students, NYCPM and Foot Center of New York faculty, as well as administration and staff. On Thursday, December 24th, the students and their boxes of toys were driven in a College van to the Old Broadway Family Residence, where a group of very happy children and their parents celebrated the holidays just a little bit early.
The students who were key to the Toy Drive were members of the NYCPM Class of 2011 Candace Buckley; Sarepta Felix; E. Giannin Perez; Jacqueline Quintero; Daphne Robert; and Silas Salano. Faculty members Eunice V. Ramsey-Parker, DPM, MPH, Associate Professor of Podiatric Medicine, and Clinic Administrator, and Laurence J. Lowy, DPM, Professor of Pediatrics, and Dean for Student Services, as well as S. William Sigler, NYCPM Executive Vice President, and William H. Graham, VP, Information Technology & Operations, were also critical to the success of the Toy Drive.
