India-West Staff Reporter<\/p>\n
LONG BEACH, CA \u2013 Global Peace Foundation and UNA-USA Long Beach chapter brought holiday cheer to the community here with a toy donation drive for local children in need.\u00a0 The event, held on\u00a0December 22, aimed to ensure that every child experienced the joy of the season, regardless of their financial circumstances.<\/p>\n
Dr. Manorama Gupta, President of both Associations, said that hundreds of new, unwrapped toys were collected through the generosity of local residents and members of the two associations.\u00a0 The toys were distributed to families at Carmelitos Community\u00a0Center, in Long Beach, brightening the holidays for countless children.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re deeply grateful for the incredible support from our community,\u201d said Gupta. \u00a0\u201cThese gifts are more than just toys;\u00a0they symbolize hope, kindness, and the true spirit of giving.\u201d\u00a0 It was so satisfying to see beautiful smiles on the children\u2019s faces and receive thanks from parents.<\/p>\n
The volunteers organized three large tables laden with toys, from which children picked their own choice of toys.\u00a0 The drive not only supported underprivileged families but also strengthened community bonds during the holiday season.<\/p>\n
One of the recipient parents said, \u201cSeeing my kids smile this Christmas meant the world to us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India-West Staff Reporter LONG BEACH, CA \u2013 Global Peace Foundation and UNA-USA Long Beach chapter brought holiday cheer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[179,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-113922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-community","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}