President Fern?ndez personally handed out toys to indigent Dominican children for half an hour on 6 January, Three Kings Day. The activity took place at the Olympic Stadium, where 53,000 children received toys. The event cost the state more than RD$23 million. The government also distributed another 89,000 toys through churches, clubs and other institutions throughout the country. Most children made long lines from the previous day, hoping for a bicycle. Unlucky ones received a basketball or a doll. Newspaper reports that the more traditional activity sponsored by President Balaguer in front of his house was disorderly, contrary to the government-sponsored event. The press said that many people, journalists included, received punches instead of toys. Carmen Rosa Balaguer, Anibal P?ez, Alexandra Izquierdo and Andr?s Vanderhorst gave the toys out at this event. 12 containers full of toys, and thousands of sandwiches and cups of orange juice were distributed among those that had made lines from dawn.
