Mike VanDenburg & Lisa Tuozzolo | Promise of Hope Foundation | 02-06-26
Sid & Friends In The Morning
77 WABC
4.2 • 828 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This National Foster Care Month, Marine Toys for Tots, is providing hope to children who needed most. |
| 0:05.8 | Staff Sergeant James Caldwell, who grew up in foster care himself, shares that while handing out gifts at a Toys for Tots distribution event, |
| 0:12.7 | a little girl looked up at him, reached into her bag, pulled out a stuffed animal, and said, |
| 0:16.5 | someone needs to make sure you get a toy too. That simple gesture embodies the heart of Marine Toys for Tots. |
| 0:22.6 | Ensuring every child, including those in foster care, experiences the kindness that can transform their future. |
| 0:27.8 | Visit Toysfor Tots.org today. |
| 0:30.0 | I've been talking about these guys all week after the tragic death. |
| 0:35.3 | When I say death, there was a reason why Patricia Espinoza died. |
| 0:39.2 | She was killed by an alleged drunk driver. |
| 0:42.5 | I guess he's being arraigned today. |
| 0:45.6 | And beloved worked for Pat Ryder, Nassau County, lived in Suffolk County. |
| 0:49.8 | So all of Long Island got to know this lady. |
| 0:52.2 | But I've been telling you guys about this beautiful couple sitting in front of me, |
| 0:56.4 | Mike Vandenberg and Lisa Swolo. |
| 0:59.7 | So how do I say it correctly? |
| 1:01.9 | To Zolo. |
| 1:02.5 | To Zolo, thank you. |
| 1:04.0 | And Lisa I knew before because during the Tunnel to Towers Radiothon years and years ago, |
| 1:09.7 | before Mike, you came in becauseases's husband from back in um... two thousand |
| 1:15.6 | sixteen the father of her two beautiful hockey boys |
| 1:19.2 | he was a cop and much like jonathan dillard mike is wearing his shirt today |
| 1:23.6 | he was murdered in the line of duty dating back uh... ten November of 2016, when I arrived in New York 10 years ago. |
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