PEF Members Continue 19-Year Tradition to Help Others During the Holidays

ALBANY, NY (12/09/2011)(readMedia)-- On Saturday, December 10, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., members of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will be reaching out to share the spirit of the holidays by wrapping gifts for needy families and children.

Union members and their families will wrap gifts and assemble holiday baskets of food at PEF Headquarters, 1168-70 Troy-Schenectady Road in Latham. Some of the gifts and food baskets will be given to children and families of local parolees who are working but financially restricted, and trying to turn their lives around.

The toys were collected from PEF members attending the PEF Region 8 holiday party and will also be donated to the Toys for Tots program and St. Margaret's Children Center in Albany.

"This marks our 19th year of doing something special for children during the holiday season," said PEF Region 8 Coordinator Bill Wurster. "The families of local parolees and the special-needs children at St. Margaret's have always appreciated the generosity of our members. This has become a wonderful and worthwhile tradition. PEF is pleased to make a difference for children, especially at this time of the year."