Volunteers To Pack Holiday Food Baskets for Needy Families

The Baker-Collyer Christmas Cheer Fund which was started by an Ossining merchant who witnessed two children picking through a garbage pile for food 98 years ago has started to solicit contributions for this year's drive.

Last year more than 360 families were helped. The need grows greater every year, and the costs go up as well. 

This year the volunteers—many of them Ossining firefighters—will pack the baskets Dec. 22 at the A&P in the Chilmark Shopping Center. They'll deliver them the next morning, said Ossining Fire Chief Jason Lorenz. 

Donate now to help this great local cause. Donations may be made as follows:
BY MAIL: BAKER-COLLYER CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND
c/o John Crawford
P.O. Box 508
Ossining, New York 10562
BY PHONE: (914) 438-9843 or (914)762-1958
BY EMAIL: johngcrawford@aol.com