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Man collects toys for ill LI tots after personal medical scare

A Long Island man, who gives from the heart since suffering a medical setback, is marking 15 years of collecting toys for sick kids. John Theissen collects and distributes toys to children living with

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Dec 3, 2006, 6:29 PM

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