The following is the Plainview Water District Board Meeting schedule for the month of December. All meetings will be held in the board room of the water district administration building located on10 Manetto Hill Road in Plainview. Residents who require information should contact the water district at 931-6469.

Tuesday	Dec. 4	7:30 p.m.
Monday	Dec. 10	4 p.m.
Tuesday	Dec. 18	7:30 p.m.
Monday	Dec. 24	10 a.m.
Monday	Dec. 31	10 a.m.

The holiday season is upon us and the Plainview Water District Board of Commissioner Joel Kessler and Edward Shulroff and Kevin Langberg have joined forces with Toys for Sick Children, a non-profit organization that provides toys to sick and less fortunate children in local hospital pediatric wards and shelters.

For the past three years, the water district has worked in conjunction with Toys for Sick Children to help brighten the holiday season for less fortunate children. Residents interested in contributing should bring new, unwrapped toys to the Plainview Water District Administration Building by Friday, Dec. 14 at 4 p.m.

Since 1992, Toys for Sick Children has collected over 70,000 new toys during its annual toy drive. In addition, the organization provides larger items such as televisions, VCRs, video games, art and craft supplies, high chairs and strollers, to hospitals and child-care facilities in the New York area.

"The holiday season is supposed to be a time of joy and with assistance from our generous residents we hope to brighten the season for sick children" said Commissioner Kessler. "We can only hope that this year's toy drive is as successful as the previous two."

Toys for Sick Children was coordinated by John Theissen, who at the age of 17 and recovering from surgery on a brain tumor, befriended a 7-year-old girl being treated for leukemia. During his recovery, he noticed her loneliness and on the day of the hospital's Christmas party, Theissen remembered the little girl excitedly anticipating her family joining her for the festivities. When her parents didn't show, Theissen asked his parents to take the young girl to the party, where she told Santa all she wanted for Christmas was a teddy bear for her friend John. After leaving the hospital, Theissen never again saw the girl but her memory still remained in his heart.