Spreading Holiday Joy
Hope for the Holidays Toy Drive will provide 2,500 toys for children 0-18 years of age who are served by the Hope Street Margolis Family Center at Hope and Venice in the South Park neighborhood. Approximately 40% of the households in our geographic service area earn less than $25,000 a year, and 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.
You can send a gift through the Amazon Holiday Gift List at
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/RJ959DE8A6KR.
The delivery address is:
ATTN: Toy Drive
Hope Street Margolis Family Center
1600 South Hope
LA, CA 90015
or drop off a gift between November 27 and December 15 at one of the toy boxes at:
· HiDef Brewing
· First Draft Taproom and Kitchen
· And, residential buildings
§ EVO
§ Luma
§ Ten50
You can also make a financial donation to the Hope Street Emergency Family Assistance Fund. The emergency dollars are used for catastrophic events or other unforeseeable emergencies. Donations are tax deductible. For more information – www.supportcaliforniahospital.org/hope-for-the-holidays.
Hope Street Margolis Center provides hope, healing, and human kindness by more than 140 culturally and linguistically diverse professionals including psychologists, social workers, teachers, and nurses along with 75 mentors, tutors, and advisory volunteers. They are in partnerships with more than 30 community agencies along with academic partnerships with California State University: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Dominguez Hills, Northridge; Los Angeles City College; Los Angeles Trade Technical College; Mount St. Mary’s University; plus UCLA Community Partnerships (partial list) with Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
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