Category Archives: Toy Drive

Food and Toy Drives

By Adam Firester December 24, 2025

The HGCA would like to thank our members for the generous donations to our Holiday Food and Toy Drives.

Through our partnership with Lee Avenue School, we provided 10 boxes of food for Thanksgiving and much more for 4 families. Each family also received a gift card to help fill their pantries and tables with food for the holiday season.

We also adopted eight families and were able to bring holiday cheer to 16 children. Each child received toys, and we also provided gift cards to support the family.

This event would not have been possible without the dedication of our Community Service Committee Co-Chairs Nick and Chris Mirro, as well as other volunteers. A special thank you to their daughter Michelle Humann for assisting with shopping, to Irene Guarasci’s help in wrapping the many gifts, and to Nick for his help with both shopping and wrapping.

The staff at Lee Avenue School were truly amazed by the sheer volume of gifts received and expressed their gratitude for our efforts.

Thank you to ALL the members who sent in donations, with special thanks to the Simonello Family/Plaza Marine Group and Dr. Michael Richer from R & R Dental for their generous donations.

Your kindness and support make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Thank you for making this season brighter for those in our community!

Your kindness and support make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

Annual Toy Drive

By Aaron Firester December 20, 2023

Our Annual Toy Drive was a huge success!!! Through Lee Avenue School, we were able to adopt 7 families and bring holiday cheer to 16 children with toys and gift cards. Hopefully this will put a smile on their faces Christmas morning. This was made possible by the efforts of the Community Service Committee, chaired by Christina Mirro. Thank you to all our members who sent in donations and a special thank you to R&R Dental and the Simonello Family through The Plaza Marine Group for their generous monetary donations. We hope that the HGCA can, in a small way, help to bring a Happy Holiday Season to those in need within our community. The staff at Lee Avenue School were taken aback by the number of gifts received and couldn’t thank us enough.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Annual Food and Toy Drives

By Adam Firester December 16, 2022

Thanks to the wondrous generosity of our members, the civic was able to provide Thanksgiving meals and gift cards to three families in the community to help them refill their pantry this season.

In addition, we were able to provide toys for 16 children across 7 families to ensure smiles this holiday season for those who are less fortunate.

We extend our thanks our members, to the family of John Simonello, and to the Plaza Marine group for helping us support these Hicksville families.

Thank you to Lee Ave school for their ongoing partnership in identifying the families and helping distribute the gifts.

Many thanks to our Community Service committee, chaired by Chris and Nick Mirro, for their tireless labor in shopping for all the goods and packaging, and to Irene Guarasci for the extra set of hands in wrapping the record setting number of presents provided by the civic.

We wish everyone a very happy and safe Holiday season!

Our Annual Toy Drive

By Adam Firester December 14, 2020

The holiday season is a time to support the families in our community who are less fortunate. With help from Lee Avenue School, we were able to adopt nine families. We were able to bring cheer this holiday season to fourteen children.

Thank you to all the members who sent in donations and a special thank you to the Simonello Family (Lorraine & Jennifer), who in honor of their father (a Past Board Member) and through Jennifer’s work company, The Plaza Marine Group, also donated toys for each child. Thank you for your generous donation.

I want to thank my daughter, Michelle Humann, for helping me shop this year and my husband Nick for helping me with the endless wrapping.

The staff at Lee Avenue School were taken aback by the amount of gifts received, and couldn’t thank us enough.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

STAY SAFE!!

Christina & Nick Mirro – Co-Chairs

Joan Goessmann – Co-Chair

From left – Chris and Nick Mirro of HGCA, Stephanie Stam – Principal of Lee Ave. School and Maria Misiano-Ippolito – school nurse

Donations from the Simonello Family sponsored by The Plaza Marine Group

Blockbuster Toy Drive

By Adam Firester December 18, 2016

The Community Service Committee would like to thank everyone for their generous donation to our Fourth Annual Toy Drive. It was a huge success. We were able to bring cheer this holiday season into the homes of 4 families from Lee Avenue School. A special thank you to the Simonello family for their generous donation to these families.

The principal and nurse at Lee Avenue School were taken aback by the amount of gifts that we brought. They couldn’t thank us enough.

Happy Holidays!!!!!

Toy Drive Exceeds Expectations

By Adam Firester December 20, 2015

The Community Service Committee would like to thank everyone for their generous donation to our Third Annual Toy Drive. It was a huge success. We were able to bring cheer this holiday season into the homes of 3 families from Lee Avenue School.

The principal and nurse at Lee Avenue School was taken aback by the amount of gifts that we brought. They couldn’t thank us enough.

Happy Holidays!!!!!

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2014 Toy Drive – Thank you!

By hgcivic December 21, 2014

A Big Thank You to all our members who made this possible. We were able to bring cheer this holiday season into the homes of 3 families from Lee Ave. School. The Principal and Nurse were very thankful.

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