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December 12, 2009

Fund drive triples toys for troops

SHERRY LONG slong@timesleader.com

The toy drive arranged by Carey Giadosh, owner of Giadosh Motorsports of Forty Fort, tripled donations this year, receiving more than 3,000 toys as compared to last year’s 1,000 toys.

Giadosh, who is also a member of the 109th Artillery Heritage Association, said he sees this as a way to raise awareness about how much reservists contribute to the region.

“Our goal is to bring the community together with the National Guard to show them that your son’s or daughter’s football coach, soccer coach could be in the Army and people don’t know. They don’t get the respect they reserve. There is more to the National Guard – they are called citizen soldiers because it is a part-time job for them,” Giadosh said.

National Guard members from Fort Indiantown Gap, north of Harrisburg, picked up several toy-stuffed boxes to transport to the central National Guard training headquarters. Once there, the toys that range from dolls to color-by-numbers to tyke-sized tool sets will be distributed based on gender appropriateness, according to Capt. Ryan Quinn, Pennsylvania Family Director, who is overseeing the statewide distribution.
 

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