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Toy charities still hoping for last-minute surge

Young volunteers with the Lighthouse Mission, Brooke Ziccardi

Photo credit: Thomas A. Ferrara | Young volunteers with the Lighthouse Mission, Brooke Ziccardi and Kimberly Heller, sort donated toys on Monday. (Dec. 21, 2009)

Long Island toy drives hoping for a last-minute burst of donations before Christmas are so far left holding an empty stocking.

Pronto, a charity that mainly serves families in Bay Shore, Central Islip and Brentwood, handed out toys to 24,000 children last Christmas. The organization was even able to give each child four to five gifts, said Frank Sinisi, Pronto's president. This year, donations...

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