Los Angeles city officials Thursday are accepting donations of new toys, gifts, books, sport equipment and essential items such as grocery cards and warm winter accessories as part of a holiday drive to support families impacted by federal immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n
Mayor Karen Bass encouraged residents to participate in the citywide effort to make a meaningful and lasting difference for children and families across the city. The holiday drive will occur through Wednesday of next week with drop-off locations across the city available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery Angeleno deserves to feel the hope, care and community that comes alive during this time of year \u2014 especially families impacted by recent federal immigration activity,\u201d Bass said in a statement. \u201cNo donation is ever too small, and every act of generosity helps brighten the holiday season for those who need it most.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI encourage every Angelenos to visit their local drop-off center and show the true spirit of a united, compassionate and caring Los Angeles,\u201d Bass added.<\/p>\n
For interested parties, city officials are requesting new\/unwrapped items such as toys, puzzles, board games, books, coloring\/activity sets, sports equipment, school items, grocery gift cards, prepaid transit\/TAP cards, household basics, coats, hoodies, hats, gloves, socks sweaters, blankets, holiday meal kits or non-perishable food bundles and gift-wrapping supplies.<\/p>\n
Drop-off locations will be set up at the following sites:<\/p>\n
\u2014 City Hall Mayor\u2019s Help Desk, 200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles;<\/p>\n
\u2014 South L.A. City Hall, 8475 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Van Nuys City Hall, 14410 Sylvan St., Van Nuys;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Eagle Rock City Hall Mayor\u2019s Office, 2035 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles;<\/p>\n
\u2014 West L.A. Municipal Building Mayor\u2019s Office Lobby, 1645 Corinth Ave., Los Angeles; and<\/p>\n
\u2014 San Pedro City Hall Office, 638 S. Beacon St., San Pedro.<\/p>\n
More information about the holiday drive can be found at mayor.lacity.gov\/HolidayDrive2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles city officials Thursday are accepting donations of new toys, gifts, books, sport equipment and essential items…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[683,5817,8110,1040,14,50173,48,52,51,50174,47,50,49,8996],"class_list":["post-90456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-angeles","tag-drive","tag-families","tag-holiday","tag-immigration","tag-impacted","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-launches","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-raids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90456","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=90456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}