State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso is asking the 16th Assembly District to open their hearts to Long Island’s veterans by participating in the annual Valentines for Vets Program.
“This is an annual district-wide effort to show our hospitalized veterans who have served our country that they are appreciated and have not been forgotten,” said D’Urso.
For more than a decade public and parochial schools, as well as businesses, libraries, and private citizens in the community have donated personal care items, outerwear and electronics for the Valentines for Vets Program.
Each year the 16th AD delivers two truckloads of handmade valentines and donated items to the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook and the Northport VA Medical Center.
What better way to show our appreciation for the sacrifices that veterans have made than to send a valentine or donate an item that veterans can use?
Please drop off items by Wednesday, Jan. 31, to the District Office located at 45 North Station Plaza, Suite 203 in Great Neck.
Other drop off locations: Great Neck Social Center located at 80 Grace Ave., the Herricks Community Center located at 999 Herricks Road, and the Port Washington Community Chest located at 382 Main St.
If you have any questions, please call Sandy Portnoy at (516) 482-6966.
All items must be new. Suggested donations include handmade valentines, tooth brushes, tooth paste, denture adhesive, shampoo, deodorant, hair brushes, non-slip socks, winter hats, gloves, scarves, stamps, patriotic caps or t-shirts, compact discs, scratch-off lottery tickets, iTunes gift cards, wheel chair cup holders, note cards, phone cards, hand-held computer games, electric razors, clock radio/cassette players, walkmans, terry cloth robes, winter coats, universal remotes, DVDs, portable CD players, ear phones, electric toothbrushes, sweatpants, and sweatshirts.
