Hackensack Firefighters Bring Orphans, Others Early Christmas

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Dozens of children will have presents this Christmas thanks to a group of Hackensack firefighters, in what has become a growing annual tradition.

Union members bought gifts for 80 children ranging from 3 months to 17 years old.
Photo Credit: *Justin Derevyanik*

The non-profit YCS serves children with special needs, from birth to 25.
Photo Credit: *Justin Derevyanik*

"Most if not all these kids do not have parents, or they have been taken away from their parents," Capt. Justin Derevyanik said.
Photo Credit: *Justin Derevyanik*

Jerry DeMarco

12/15/2015 4:30 p.m.

"Most if not all these kids do not have parents, or they have been taken away from their parents," Capt. Justin Derevyanik said after a visit Tuesday to Youth Consultation Services (YCS) of Bergen County in Hackensack by members of IAFF Local 2081 and 3172. "Without our drive, these kids would not have received presents for Christmas."

Union members bought gifts for 80 children ranging from 3 months to 17 years old.

The non-profit YCS serves children with special needs, from birth to 25. It provides educational, psycho-therapeutic and psychiatric programs, as well as crisis intervention, foster care and home placements, along with residential and in-home services.

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