North Oaks Employees and Volunteers Mark Holiday Season with Annual Collection Drive for those in Need

North Oaks Health System employees and volunteers collected a combined total of nearly 4,000 toys, food items and cell phones during their annual holiday “Spirit of Giving” collection drive for those in need.

Items collected were donated to the following five organizations for distribution: Cell Phones for Life Inc., which refurbishes cell phones for battered women, the elderly and disabled; the Christmas Crusade for Children, sponsored by the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office; the Quad Area Community Action Agency Inc. of Livingston Parish; Santa Bear Crusade for Children, sponsored by the Daily Star and Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office; and the Tangi Food Pantry.

Nearly 50 departments of North Oaks Health System participated in the “Spirit of Giving” collection drive held December 1-16.

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From right, North Oaks Marketing Assistant Suzanne Vidrine Moore presents Robbi Giannoble with nearly 200 new toys donated by North Oaks employees and volunteers to Santa Bear’s Crusade for Children in Tangipahoa Parish. Giannoble is treasurer of Santa Bear’s board of directors.

From left, Scott Comeaux and Chris Matise of the North Oaks Plant Operations Department help Nancy Courtney of the Quad Area Community Action Agency load up the more than 1500 non-perishable food items and nearly 200 new toys donated to the organization by North Oaks employees and volunteers. The items collected will benefit 300 families signed up with the agency for food assistance and over 100 children registered to receive toys at Christmas.