Members of the City of Newburgh and Town of Newburgh Police Departments have joined forces with other members of the community to help local youths this holiday season.
Officers and supervisors from both departments participated in the Salvation Army of Greater Newburgh’s Angel Tree program. Parents who cannot afford to buy toys for their children for Christmas have contacted the Salvation Army for help. The Salvation Army distributed Christmas trees to the police departments as well as many other locations around town. The giving trees contained individual tags detailing each child’s wishes for Christmas gifts.
City and Town police generously opened up their wallets and purchased multiple gifts from their own personal money. Those gifts were sent to the Salvation Army to be given to the parents or guardians so the children can open them on Christmas morning.
Nearly 400 local children were on the Angel Tree list. Individual members of the City of Newburgh Police bought and donated enough toys to fill an entire pickup truck. Individual members of the Town of Newburgh Police also donated a generous amount of toys.
Aside from the police, employees from FedEx bought and donated a plentiful amount of toys. Members of the St. Nicholas Greek Church chipped in to do the same. Shelly Starkey, a member of the Salvation Army’s Advisory Board, as well as her family, purchased enough toys to supply over 50 children.
The Salvation Army is distributing the toys to the families today.
