ACTRESS HALLIE EISENBERG TO JOIN TOY KNIGHTS OF AMERICA CHILDREN'S PARTY

The Toy Knights needs toys for girls between the ages of 3 and 12 for the group's annual holiday event to be held at the International Toy Center on December 19. For the past 83 years the Toy Knights, a charitable organization comprised of toy industry professionals, has been distributing donated toys to underprivileged children. This has been made possible by the generous contributions of many toy companies. Donations this year have been coming in very slowly and the organization is still in need of new toys for children.

NY, (PRWEB) December 8, 2003 --Toy Knights is pleased to announce that Hallie Eisenberg will attend the upcoming Toy Knights Children's Party on December 19th at the International Toy Center, 200 Fifth Avenue in New York. Hallie was a big hit at last year's event and she'll be there again this year helping Santa and his friends.

Hallie will entertain the children during the party. The kids will also delight in a special magic show, complete with donuts courtesy of Dunkin Donuts. More good news for the Toy Knights kids...Ronald McDonald will attend the party and the kids will be treated to Happy Meals. Yum!

Santa and his helpers will present all donated toys to children from the New York Foundling Hospital and the Edwin Gould Foundation at this holiday party hosted in the Toy Center's lobby.

The Knights are still collecting toys for their annual Toy Drive. We encourage all toy and gift manufacturers to send toys marked for TOY KNIGHTS to Mike Berger, The International Toy Center, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York 10010.

Help us make Christmas 2003 even better than last year.

Hallie Eisenberg Bio

Hallie Eisenberg is 11 years old. Since debuting as Marie in "Paulie" (DreamWorks), Hallie portrayed Barbara in the Academy Award nominated film, "The Insider" (Disney/Touchstone), and Little Miss in "Bicentennial Man" (Disney/Touchstone). She co-starred with Minnie Driver in "Beautiful" (Destination Films), directed by Sally Field.

Hallie played Helen Keller in the award winning ABC-Wonderful World of Disney TV movie "The Miracle Worker." She appeared in three movies of the week: as Eleanor in "Nicholas' Gift" (CBS), Josie in "Blue Moon" (CBS) and Jenny in "Swing Vote" (ABC).

Hallie was a guest star on the FOX TV series, "Get Real" and in the CBS-TV drama, "Presidio Med.". Hallie will appear in the upcoming remake of Neil Simon's, "The Goodbye Girl" (2004) Also upcoming is the feature film "A Little Inside," in which Hallie plays Abby Mills, having played the character in the award winning short film version (Lifetime). In "Jesus, Mary and Joey," also upcoming, Hallie plays Melissa, a cancer patient.

Hallie recently made her Broadway debut in the Roundabout's star-studded play, "The Women," which also aired on PBS as part its Stage and Screen series.

Hallie's commercials include the Independent Film Channel promos (as Christie, the "hot young Indy director") and a four-year campaign as the spokesperson for Pepsi. These spots include the voices of several celebrities (Joe Pesci, Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes, and Marlon Brando) and appearances by KISS, Faith Hill, baseball great Ken Griffey, Jr., Nascar's Jeff Gordon and Halle Berry.

Hallie also starred in a policy trailer for Regal Cinemas in which she plays a cowboy channeling the voice of Jack Palance. Hallie filmed a series of promos in Paris for the Nickelodeon feature "Rugrats in Paris." Hallie recently received the Young Artists Special Achievement Award for most outstanding young performer in television advertising. She was also nominated for best young actress in a feature film ("Bicentennial Man") for Hollywood Reporter's Youngstar Awards.

She was nominated for outstanding young actress in a feature film ("Beautiful") and outstanding young actress for her portrayal of Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" by the Young Artists Awards. Hallie received a Camie award for her performance in "The Miracle Worker."

Hallie serves as a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and has covered events such as the Gotham Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and the EMMY's.

When not acting, Hallie loves to write stories, plays and poems, dance, sing, and ride horses. Rounding out the household are two dogs, a cat, and a hamster. Hallie's family, including parents Amy and Barry, lives in New Jersey.
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For information about Toy Knights, contact Diane T. Creston: Crestonassoc@aol.com.