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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Fair Lawn Amassed Area's Largest Toys for Tots Collection

The Fair Lawn police, rescue squad and police dispatchers teamed up with the U.S. Marine Corps this holiday season to collect Toys for Tots.

Fair Lawn emergency service workers set quite the bar for toy collections this past holiday season. In their first year participating in the U.S. Marine Corps' Toys for Tots program, the Fair Lawn Policemen's Benevolent Association, in concert with the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad and Fair Lawn Police Dispatchers collected more toys than any of the other 42 collection stations throughout the area, PBA president Michael O'Brien said. O'Brien said he had no idea they had collected 3,041 toys until recently when the PBA received a tally of the items they collected and a plaque from the Saddle River Detachment No. 1211 Marine Corps League recognizing them for their contributions. "I was truly inspired by my brothers and sister as we worked as a team…

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Fair Lawn Rescue Squad and Toys for Tots Collection Bound for Victims of Superstorm Sandy, Sandy Hook Elementary

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11:36 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Toys for Tots Collection Bound for Victims of Superstorm Sandy, Sandy Hook Elementary

The Fair Lawn police, rescue squad and police dispatchers teamed up with the U.S. Marine Corps this holiday season to collect Toys for Tots.

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  • Zak Koeske
  • Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Fair Lawn police officers, dispatchers and rescue squad volunteers Tuesday loaded the heaps of toys they've amassed this holiday season into a van headed for the Closter Fire Department, which serves as Bergen County's Toys for Tots distribution center. The toys, collected through resident donations, will support a wide range of worthy groups and causes including local children's hospitals, homeless shelters, religious institutions and the children of deployed military service members. Trucks carrying toys will also make stops in Toms River for distribution to Hurricane Sandy victims, and in Newtown, Conn., for those affected by Friday's devastating school shooting. James Teehan, a Paramus police detective who made toy collection runs …

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Fair Lawn Borough: Police Department and Fair Lawn Rescue Squad

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12:00 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012

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