This year, she's distributed more than 1,500
new duffel bags — labeled «My Stuff» — which contain age - appropriate toiletries and gifts, such as a diary and water bottle for teenagers; dolls, footballs, and picture books for children; and a blanket, stuffed animals and baby lotion for infants.
Lassa handed off the keys to deputy editor Joe DeMatio for the
New Year's holiday weekend: «We had four passengers, and the cargo hold was stuffed to the gills with two extralarge
duffel bags, briefcases, backpacks, multiple pairs of boots, a large roasting pan, a case of wine, a case of Pellegrino, and assorted
bags and boxes of foodstuffs with which to prepare two gourmet dinners for ten people.»