Civics and Urban Life

Vox Pop Is Sponsoring a Secret Santa Gift Drive

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Vox Pop Café, the cultural hub and cafe on Cortelyou Road, is sponsoring a Secret Santa Gift Drive to benefit the residents of a local domestic violence safe house. "We would like to bring at least a small amount of joy to the approximately 27 women and 57 children who will be spending Christmas there," says the cafe's manager, Debi Ryan. She writes:

I know this year has been hard for every one of us, but we all have something so basic that we take for granted; something these families do not have this holiday- a safe place, a home, a warm and welcoming family. I cannot imagine what it is like for these families and what brought them to this situation.

We will have a jar at Vox Pop Café located at 1022 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY 11218  (718-940-2084)  filled with cards, each representing one individual with their name, age, size and wish list.  Please come, pick a card out of the jar.  You can then purchase and wrap a selected item off their list and bring it back to Vox Pop by December 22.  The gifts will be placed under shelter’s tree for Christmas morning.

I think that receiving a personalized gift this holiday season will really go a long way towards letting them know that someone cares about them as a person, an individual, and took the time to choose a gift just for them.

Thanks so much for participating in this gift drive.  This holiday season let’s make a difference one person at a time.

*Photo is of the cafe's replacement Statue of Liberty as it was being wheeled across the Brooklyn Bridge last spring. The original sculpture was stolen and decapitated.