LETTER: TEAM toy drive Valley's best yet

* I read this letter to the editor in the newspaper and thought I'd re-post it here. 

Congratulations to TEAM on its successful toy drive to benefit needy children in the Valley.



During 2012, TEAM’s Toys 4 Kids provided more than 3,000 toys for 1,486 children of 771 families, and. in addition. distributed more than 200 bicycles donated by the employees and customers of Neopost USA.

Individuals dropped off toy donations in collection boxes at 127 sites in a variety of businesses and municipal locations. Volunteers picked up toys and delivered them to our “toy store” on Main Street in Ansonia. Other volunteers set up the toy store, sorted the toys and organized them by age and gender.

In all, hundreds of volunteers and kind-hearted Valley residents throughout the Valley helped make Toys 4 Kids a success for underprivileged children.

Thank you to all who made the 2012 toy drive the best the Valley has experienced to date.

Editor’s note: This letter was signed by Richard J. Knoll, TEAM Inc.’s president and CEO; Stephane Skibo, board chairman; and, Diane Stroman, vice president of development. TEAM is located in Derby.