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Marie Brady, 90 has been a resident of Tilly Foster, Southeast, for her entire life. She is an energetic nonagenarian who donates her time and money to helping children, the department said.
Each year Brady goes around town and, through word of mouth, gets many people to donate toys for the “Toys For Tots” program, they said.
She purchases many toys herself and this year, with the toys she bought and the toys donated by others and dropped off at her home, she collected over 200 toys and 21 bicycles.
Brady told Deputy AJ Pizzuto that she hopes to live long enough to double this year’s total for next year and wants people to know that anyone can do it.
She was helped this year by close friend Wendy Koehler and Sheriff’s Cadet Vincent Ricci.
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department picked up the toys at her residence and dropped them off at the local drop-off site.
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