The Gardiner Foundation has been helping those most in need in the South Bronx for the past 10 years. On Saturday December 17, the Gardiner Foundation and Gersowitz Libo and Korek, P.C. will host The Gardiner Annual Toy Drive at PS 86 in the Bronx.

More than 100 children will be given lunch, followed by a visit from Santa and a gift bag. Oyster Bay High School's girls JV and Varsity basketball teams have helped for the second year in a row to collect toys to hand out.

Visiting New York can be an experience of a lifetime. In fact, each year, millions of tourists and business visitors journey to New York City. However, with almost 8.5 million residents spanning the Big Apple, the city can become suffocating, especially after an injury.

Surrounded by unfamiliar faces and with only a hotel as a room for refuge, injured visitors may want nothing more than to go back home. However, if they are seriously hurt, dealing with an unfamiliar medical system can be more than a burden.

It is important that as a tourist you understand that you don’t need to be from New York to file a civil lawsuit here. You may not even consider filing a suit in New York when you work and live elsewhere. However, bringing a legal claim against the people who caused your injury may be the best way to ensure a full medical recovery. It is your right, regardless of whether you are from New York or from anywhere else around the world.