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Santa’s hit the streets to collect money for Sandy victims
- Duration 3:04
- Date Nov 23, 2012
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-- like the quick wrap up evident that Ridley -- Rather fast your fine -- -- one son is back with a -- to the -- -- after Thanksgiving you really get now holiday spirit.
So Friday is the perfect day to have all of you here thank you for common.
Let's rewind it for everybody and tell us exactly what this program is all about and why -- so in need after what happened with super storms that.
Thanks so much on it yeah so volunteers of America has had -- sidewalk -- out on the street for 110 years and traditionally what it's been -- to collect money.
For our holiday food voucher program.
So we -- we send tens of thousands of dollars worth of food vouchers to people in need in this here.
We're going to be sending.
A good amount of that to victims of standing we're gonna we're working with a church on Staten Island.
And we're giving them money to that they can feed on people out there who just have lost everything.
They're devastated I was out there a few weeks ago there are people that lost their homes lost their business has lost all their possessions.
They desperately need to help too yes yes they do so now what not -- here today what are we going to be doing that what are you going to be doing.
-- you -- you don't get it out yeah.
That is why not sit around -- this is arrogantly east you have multiple times and there volunteering today.
To be here this is only day off.
They're volunteering to do this today.
But these folks and during the storm they didn't mean you're slated to -- -- and they stayed with our clients we're talking homeless people people went mentally ill.
Domestic violence victims and our staff stayed with -- moved into shelters with -- -- to hotels with them.
And here they are today getting back and one more way.
That running through -- you know walked down Fifth Avenue now it just -- -- -- and saying hello everyone and try to collect some money night what do you have to -- little kids have been through -- -- I was just yeah.
Hurt my.
The president may not stand and if you Santa's helpers doesn't get their -- Connecticut get directions from the big guy at the North Pole there just helpers and on that I think that up because I I think you guys and told them I get a little concerned about absolutely good guys very very busy.
Very very it you know it day to kids wanna go on line and see photos of -- -- -- that from -- 110 years ago they can go there we have a hole but it's really really cool and I want to end to the food voucher program can do it at that and decide what stands and like he got on him -- -- -- -- listening it was a very good idea right.
Yeah upbeat -- I'm -- down the street this Desantis.
Yeah -- So again the web -- if you can and right here sidewalk Santa NYC dot -- if you're out shopping on Black Friday you might see a whole bunch sent us here in New York.
Help out people need to especially after super storms and thank you everybody Johnny Julie -- -- a week from.
Tomorrow charters and they have great it'll give -- that day from tomorrow I'll see you back here tomorrow 6 AM eastern time have a great Friday everybody everybody --