JOY for the Children in Our Neighborhood
Hope for the Holidays Toy Drive is underway in South Park. We are asking for toy/gift donations for children 0-18 years of age served by the Hope Street Margolis Family Center at Hope and Venice in the South Park neighborhood. We need 2,500 toys!
You can donate three ways –
(1) You can drop off a gift (do not wrap) until December 15 at the Toy Box in the lobby at: EVO, Luma, or Ten 50. Or at a Toy Box at HiDef Brewing on Olive at 12th or First Draft Taproom and Kitchen at Olive and Pico.
(2) Or you can attend the SPNA Aprés Ski – A Themed Holiday Event on Sunday, December 17, from 5-9 pm at HiDef on Olive at 12th and bring a gift for the Toy Box. More about the Aprés Ski event in this newsletter and on the website –
(3) Or you can send a gift through the Amazon Holiday Gift List at
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/RJ959DE8A6KR. Send to:
ATTN: Toy Drive
Hope Street Margolis Family Center
1600 South Hope
LA, CA 90015
The Hope Street Margolis Family Center serves 5,000 very low-income children. SPNA encourages all to help our neighbors through California Hospital Medical Center Foundation’s holiday toy drive – a part of our neighborhood for 135 years.
Hope Street Margolis Center provides hope, healing, and human kindness from 140 culturally and linguistically diverse psychologists, social workers, teachers, nurses,75 mentors, tutors, and volunteers.
Let’s join the support list and give some joy this holiday season to the children at Hope Street Margolis Center in our neighborhood.
By Debra Shrout
