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Metuchen Organization Helps Collect Toys For Ryan's Toy Roundup

The Speech and Hearing Associates provided drop-off centers for Ryan's Toy Roundup.

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Ruzanna Amram-Paez (R), with her student extern Erica Lawler who helped sort the toys so they could be delivered to charities throughout New Jersey. (The New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
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Justine Luminoso, a member of NJSHA. (The New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association)

METUCHEN, NJ – Metuchen based Speech and Hearing Associates participated in the yearly toy roundup, collecting hundreds of toys for children.

The New Jersey Speech Language Hearing Association (NJSHA) along with Ryan's Toy Roundup has been collecting toy for the past 21 years, for children and families who are less fortunate.

Over the years the toy drive has collected more than 13,000 toys. The Speech and Hearing Associates participated by providing drop-off centers at each of the nine locations throughout New Jersey.

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Ryan’s Toy Roundup was started in memory of Ryan Patrick Faella, a 13-year-old boy from Mountainside who passed away suddenly in the summer of 2000.

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