DeWitt Clinton Award

On Sunday, December 3rd at 1 pm Cobleskill Lodge #394 will present Mrs. Trista Bradt (she does not know this, so keep it a secret!) of Cobleskill with the DeWitt Clinton award for community service at the Cobleskill fire station during the Toasty Toes wrapping day event. Mrs. Bradt started the Toasty Toes project a few years ago after making a delivery of a Thanksgiving meal to a family in need and was greeted by a small child wearing only a tee shirt and diaper. The child was shivering in the cold and Mrs. Bradt felt a tug on her heartstrings and decided to do something about it. She contacted her old room mates from college, brainstormed a bit and came up with the Toasty Toes Project that would collect donations of new pajamas, socks and hot cocoa mix during the year, wrap them up and have the county social services network distribute them to families in need. During the first year the collected nearly 300 pairs of pajamas. Last year that amount was almost 1,500! The Brothers of Cobleskill Lodge have been sponsoring this project since its inception and decided to recognize Mrs. Bradt for her wonderful giving spirit.

If you happen to be in the Cobleskill area on the 3rd please come down to the firehouse and assist us in recognizing this remarkable woman.