by Bill Westphal
for Altadenablog
The Altadena Sheriff’s Station held its annual Food and Toy Distribution Saturday at the Altadena Community Center from 8 AM-noon. Approximately 250 families received boxes of food and bags of toys that had been collected by the Sheriff’s Station.
While the rain dampened Altadena it did not dampen the spirits of all the volunteers who helped at the event. Two local youth organizations, the Bright Futures Scholars and MPYD (Mentoring & Partnership for Youth Development) provided volunteers, and many local citizens stopped by to help the sheriff’s department personnel and station volunteers.
Pictures after the jump.
Bright Future Scholars help Deputy Lamark Williams load food and toys into a sheriff’s truck for transport to the Community Center.
All of the volunteers gathered for a group photo before the first families arrived. Food and toys have been collected for the past few weeks at local schools, churches and other locations. Neighborhood organizations such as the President Streets and La Vina held their own food and toy collections and contributed the items to the Sheriff’s Department.
All of the food and toys were neatly organized in the Community Center and the event ran very smoothly. Applications were accepted at local elementary schools and at the Altadena Sheriff’s Station. All applications were screened by sheriff’s personnel. Families were notified and given a specific time to stop by and pick up their food and toys.
Santa (Stephan Yelich) has food and toys for Shirley Webb and her grandson Deon Robinson of Altadena.
Deputy Marcos De La Riva, volunteer Susann Edmonds (local Altadena resident and owner of A Chair in the Garden) and Santa greet Maria Garcia and children Jasmine Corral, Miguel and Ashley Almanza of Altadena. Overall the event was a huge success and ran very smoothly.
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Bill Westphal is a community volunteer, frequent Altadenablog contributor, and the man behind the Altadena Weathercam.
