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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BROOKLYN FRIENDS STUDENTS COLLECT TOYS FOR
CHILDREN FROM  BROOKLYN PSYCHIATRIC CENTERS

BROOKLYN, NY—December 21, 2006--This holiday season students from the Upper Division of the Brooklyn Friends School initiated a toy drive to benefit children who are receiving mental health services from Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers.

Each year, Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers, which is celebrating its centennial year, provides therapeutic services to 1,000 children ages 5 to 18 through on-site programs in Brooklyn’s public schools, a community prevention program, and in five community-based clinics.

Left to right: Donald Nicius and Frances Kingston, from Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers, receive gifts from Brooklyn Friends students Nicolas Goode, 11th grade, Jamal Davis, a 12th grader who is head of the school’s Student Council (back row), Richie Khan, an 11th grader who spearheaded the toy drive, and Madeleine Campbell, 11th grade.