December 6th, starting @ 3 PM, and will be sponsored by S.K.I. Beer. Santathon is a festive pub crawl for charity that celebrates the community of Sunnyside, local businesses, residents, visitors, and the jovial spirit of the holiday season. Last year's Santathon raised more than $10,000 in
monetary and new toy donations.
SUNNYSIDE SANTATHON |
All proceeds from the sale of wristbands will go to buy toys for local kids most in need this holiday season. All participating bars (Jack’s Fire Dept.,Bar 43, The Courtyard Ale House, Maggie Mae's, The Gaslight, Arriba,Arriba, Sidetracks, Molly Blooms, PJ Horgan's, McGuinness's Saloon, and
Bliss Street Station) will also be collecting monetary and new, unwrapped toy donations from now until Christmas.
Sunnyside Santathon Map |
Organizations that have received toys from our past two Santathons include St. Teresa's in Woodside, St. Raphael's in Sunnyside, the 108th Precinct, the MercyFirst Angel Guardian Orphanage in Brooklyn, the Metro Homeless Shelter on Queens Boulevard, the Post-Hurricane Sandy 94th
Street Toy Drive, and the Hour Children Center in Long Island City. Since its inception two years ago, the Sunnyside's Boulevard Bars organization has held multiple events in the neighborhood and raised more than $25,000 for charities and local organizations, including the Sunnyside/Woodside Boys & Girls Club, the 52st Street Fire Station (Engine 325/Ladder 163), and Warrior Events, an organization that works with wounded veterans stationed at the Walter Reed National Military
Medical Center, the U.S. Army's flagship medical center.
Website: www.SunnysidesBoulevardBars.com
Facebook: facebook.com/SunnysidesBoulevardBars
Pictures from Last
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