Northwell Packs Over 2K Holiday Gifts For LI Kids In Need: ICYMI

Editor's note: This article was originally published on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021.

NEW HYDE PARK, NY — Hundreds of Northwell Health employees gathered Tuesday for a marathon-gift wrapping session to bring joy to cash-strapped families on Long Island.

Through an online platform operated by Northwell's nonprofit project partner, Supplies for Success, employee donations helped provide art supplies and other gifts for school-age children. In total, more than $40,000 was collected for the initiative, according to Northwell.

More than 2,000 wrapped gifts will be given to families who cannot afford them in four Long Island communities — Brentwood, Bay Shore, Freeport, and Hempstead — as well as locales in Manhattan, Westchester, and Staten Island, officials said.

Each gift contains a handwritten holiday message from the staff member who packed it.

"I am so proud of each Northwell employee and all of our community partners who made this joyful event possible," said Edward Fraser, vice president of community relations at Northwell. "(L)iterally hundreds of our team members joined together to wrap thousands of gifts for children in the communities we serve. It is our belief that no child should be denied the gift of joy at the holidays."