![Council Delegate Edmund Yazzie, Thoreau Chapter officials, and local youth during the toy giveaway held at the Thoreau Chapter House on Dec. 25. Photo Credit: Courtesy](/images/resized/images/news/2015/38_dec31/17_100_100.jpg)
THOREAU – On Christmas day, Council Delegate Edmund Yazzie (Churchrock, Iyanbito, Mariano Lake, Pinedale, Smith Lake, Thoreau) who represents several of the local communities, and Thoreau Chapter officials distributed toys to over 100 local youth on Christmas Day.
According to chapter president Lester Emerson, the Navajo Nation Office of Youth Development in Crownpoint and the Thoreau Chapter contributed the toys for the first annual toy distribution.
Delegate Yazzie has previously noted that there has been a rise in the number of suicides among youth in the local area in recent months and that the toy distribution is one way of bringing positivity to the youth and...