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Representatives from WNYHeroes meet at Medaille's Amherst Campus to pick up toys for WNY military families

WNY Heroes, Inc. and Medaille College teamed up in December to collect and deliver toys to local veterans and their families. On December 18, 2009, representatives from WNY Heroes, Inc. arrived at the Medaille College Amherst Campus to pick up boxes of children’s toys, collected over several weeks by faculty, staff and students.

Judith M. Horowitz, Associate Vice President and Dean for Medaille’s School of Adult and Graduate Education, organized the event within Medaille’s Amherst and Rochester Campuses. Dr. Horowitz says, “Some of our Amherst classes are having ‘competitions’ with each other to see who can bring the best presents; faculty and staff have been contributing as well. I’m incredibly proud of how generous our students and my colleagues have been.” Medaille also worked with several Rochester- and Buffalo-based businesses to collect toys for the drive. Pictures are available on Flickr.com.

WNY Heroes, Inc. will deliver the toys to the homes of local veterans and military personnel just in time to bring smiles for the holidays. WNY Heroes is a nonprofit formed to assist local veterans and military personnel. For additional information, please see their website at www.wnyheroes.org.

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