Brooklyn baby shower for domestic violence victims generates hundreds of gifts
The 68th Precinct station house resembled Babies “R” Us on Saturday with hundreds of blankets, diapers, bottles, booties, onesies, toys and stuffed animals filling up the first floor muster room.
The gifts, including hand-crocheted blankets, were donated by guests attending the Mother of All Baby Showers, a special get-together sponsored by the 68th Precinct Community Council to collect baby items for mothers who are victims of domestic violence.
“Words cannot even begin to express the amount of awe that I am feeling right now towards this community,” community council President Ilene Sacco wrote on Facebook in reaction to the mountains of donations that came pouring into the precinct at 333 65th St. all morning on Saturday. “Not that I ever doubt the people here, but each time there is a cause this community goes way above and beyond anyone’s expectations.”