Holiday Donation Fair & The Bridges Program Day of Service

<event>
   <title>Holiday Donation Fair &amp; The Bridges Program Day of Service</title>
   <timestamp>
      <start>2025-12-05T10:30:00</start>
      <end>2025-12-05T13:00:00</end>
   </timestamp>
   <date>
      <start>
         <timestamp>2025-12-05</timestamp>
         <dateShort>12/5/25</dateShort>
         <dateLong>December 5, 2025</dateLong>
         <allDay>false</allDay>
      </start>
   </date><time>
      <start>
         <format24>10:30</format24>
         <format12>10:30 AM</format12>
      </start>
      <end>
         <format24>13:00</format24>
         <format12>1:00 PM</format12>
      </end></time><location>
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         <value>campus-center</value>
         <display>Campus Center</display>
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   <status>active</status>
   <contact>
      <name>Dr. Yetunde Odugbesan-Omede</name>
      <email>odugbey@farmingdale.edu</email>
      <phone>934-420-5387</phone>
   </contact>
   <image>
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   <description>Farmingdale State College’s Office of Community and Civic Engagement, in partnership
      with the Long Island Volunteer Center and The Bridges Program, will host an in-person
      Holiday Donation Fair &amp; Day of Service on Friday, December 5, 2025, from 10 a.m.–1
      p.m. (setup at 9:30 a.m.). The Bridges Program, a partnership between Oceanside and
      Uniondale School Districts focused on leadership and community service, will bring
      60 high school students to FSC for a holiday Day of Service. As part of their “Year
      of Giving,” students will volunteer from 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. to learn what it means to
      build and strengthen community across Long Island.
      Local nonprofits will table in the Campus Center lobby from 10:30am to 1pm to collect
      donations and share volunteer opportunities ranging from working with youth, seniors,
      animals, and museums to supporting shelters, soup kitchens, advocacy groups, and environmental
      initiatives. Drop off donations to the confirmed community organizations with donation
      tables on 12/5 are:
      AARP*
      AHRC*
      American Red Cross*
      Girl Scouts of Suffolk County*
      Long Island Council on Independent Living*
      Long Island Volunteer Center*
      Rebuilding Together Long Island*
      ReWild Long Island*
      Tri CYA*
      ___________________
      Donation collection boxes will be placed in the Greenley Library lobby from November
      24 to December 4 for anyone who cannot drop off their items during the December 5
      Holiday Donation Drive.
      External organizations who will be dropping off donations at the campus center lobby
      on December 5th are: Farmingdale Rotary Club, FBI NY Citizen Academy Alumni Association
      (FBINYCAAA), Long Island Volunteer Center, Lotus Fitness, Uniondale Mineola-Garden
      City Rotary Club.
      __________________
      Unwrapped toy donations will go to John Theissen Children’s Foundation https://www.jtcf.org/
      Nonperishable food and toiletry donations will go to Farmingdale State College’s student
      food pantry https://www.farmingdale.edu/foodpantry/
      New and gently-used books will go to Book Fairies https://thebookfairies.org/
      Broken crayons will go to The Crayon Initiative https://thecrayoninitiative.org/
      Stars of Hope will go to Jamaica https://starsofhopeusa.org/
      
      Farmingdale State College’s Office of Community and Civic Engagement, in partnership
      with the Long Island Volunteer Center and The Bridges Program, will host an in-person
      Holiday Donation Fair &amp; Day of Service on Friday, December 5, 2025, from 10 a.m.–1
      p.m. (setup at 9:30 a.m.). The Bridges Program, a partnership between Oceanside and
      Uniondale School Districts focused on leadership and community service, will bring
      60 high school students to FSC for a holiday Day of Service. As part of their “Year
      of Giving,” students will volunteer from 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. to learn what it means to
      build and strengthen community across Long Island.Farmingdale State College’s Office
      of Community and Civic Engagement, in partnership with the Long Island Volunteer Center
      and The Bridges Program, will host an in-person Holiday Donation Fair &amp; Day of Service
      on Friday, December 5, 2025, from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. (setup at 9:30 a.m.). The Bridges
      Program, a partnership between Oceanside and Uniondale School Districts focused on
      leadership and community service, will bring 60 high school students to FSC for a
      holiday Day of Service. As part of their “Year of Giving,” students will volunteer
      from 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m. to learn what it means to build and strengthen community across
      Long Island.
      Local nonprofits will table in the Campus Center lobby from 10:30am to 1pm to collect
      donations and share volunteer opportunities ranging from working with youth, seniors,
      animals, and museums to supporting shelters, soup kitchens, advocacy groups, and environmental
      initiatives. Drop off donations to the confirmed community organizations with donation
      tables on 12/5 are:Local nonprofits will table in the Campus Center lobby from 10:30am
      to 1pm to collect donations and share volunteer opportunities ranging from working
      with youth, seniors, animals, and museums to supporting shelters, soup kitchens, advocacy
      groups, and environmental initiatives. Drop off donations to the confirmed community
      organizations with donation tables on 12/5 are:
      AARP*AARP*
      AHRC*AHRC*
      American Red Cross*American Red Cross*
      Girl Scouts of Suffolk County*Girl Scouts of Suffolk County*
      Long Island Council on Independent Living*Long Island Council on Independent Living*
      Long Island Volunteer Center*Long Island Volunteer Center*
      Rebuilding Together Long Island*Rebuilding Together Long Island*
      ReWild Long Island*ReWild Long Island*
      Tri CYA*Tri CYA*
      ______________________________________
      Donation collection boxes will be placed in the Greenley Library lobby from November
      24 to December 4 for anyone who cannot drop off their items during the December 5
      Holiday Donation Drive.Donation collection boxes will be placed in the Greenley Library
      lobby from November 24 to December 4 for anyone who cannot drop off their items during
      the December 5 Holiday Donation Drive.
      External organizations who will be dropping off donations at the campus center lobby
      on December 5th are: Farmingdale Rotary Club, FBI NY Citizen Academy Alumni Association
      (FBINYCAAA), Long Island Volunteer Center, Lotus Fitness, Uniondale Mineola-Garden
      City Rotary Club.External organizations who will be dropping off donations at the
      campus center lobby on December 5th are: Farmingdale Rotary Club, FBI NY Citizen Academy
      Alumni Association (FBINYCAAA), Long Island Volunteer Center, Lotus Fitness, Uniondale
      Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club.
      ____________________________________
      Unwrapped toy donations will go to John Theissen Children’s Foundation https://www.jtcf.org/Unwrapped
      toy donationsUnwrapped toy donations will go to John Theissen Children’s Foundation
      https://www.jtcf.org/https://www.jtcf.org/
      Nonperishable food and toiletry donations will go to Farmingdale State College’s student
      food pantry https://www.farmingdale.edu/foodpantry/Nonperishable food and toiletry
      donationsNonperishable food and toiletry donations will go to Farmingdale State College’s
      student food pantry https://www.farmingdale.edu/foodpantry/https://www.farmingdale.edu/foodpantry/
      New and gently-used books will go to Book Fairies https://thebookfairies.org/New and
      gently-used booksNew and gently-used books will go to Book Fairies https://thebookfairies.org/https://thebookfairies.org/
      Broken crayons will go to The Crayon Initiative https://thecrayoninitiative.org/Broken
      crayons Broken crayons will go to The Crayon Initiative https://thecrayoninitiative.org/https://thecrayoninitiative.org/
      Stars of Hope will go to Jamaica https://starsofhopeusa.org/Stars of Hope will go
      to Jamaica https://starsofhopeusa.org/https://starsofhopeusa.org/
      
      </description>
   <tags>
      <tag>occe</tag>
      <tag>community-engagement</tag>
      <tag>holiday</tag>
      <tag>volunteer-fair</tag>
   </tags>
</event>