{"id":92080,"date":"2025-12-12T17:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/92080\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T17:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:34:08","slug":"ob-food-toy-drive-benefits-families-seniors-in-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/92080\/","title":{"rendered":"OB Food &#038; Toy Drive benefits families, seniors in community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OCEAN BEACH \u2013 The <a href=\"https:\/\/obcommunityfoundation.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ocean Beach Community Foundation<\/a> will hold its annual Food and Toy Drive, running from Dec. 15 through Dec. 19 at collection boxes around Ocean Beach. Beneficiaries include children, families, and senior citizens. <\/p>\n<p>Distribution will begin on Dec. 20.<\/p>\n<p>For 40 years, the Ocean Beach Community Foundation, a nonprofit aimed at bettering the region through community events and service, has held its annual <a href=\"https:\/\/obcommunityfoundation.org\/community-events\/foodtoydrive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Food and Toy Drive<\/a> as a way to connect with both business owners and locals.<\/p>\n<p>This year, there will be twelve donation stations across Ocean Beach and Point Loma, inviting participants to donate unwrapped toys and non-perishable foods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe partner with the San Diego Food Bank to provide food to families. Last year, we worked with over 150 families to give them food and toys for the holidays,\u201d said Angelo Devlin, president of the OB Community Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Once gifts are received, the OB Community Foundation\u2019s volunteers will wrap and prepare them, later distributing them at the <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.oceanbeachsandiego.com\/go\/point-loma-masonic-center\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masonic Lodge<\/a> on Sunset Cliffs Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe families who are chosen to receive gifts and food are chosen by the community. We get recommendations from local schools and centers, like the middle and elementary schools, and they are then chosen by the community,\u201d said Devlin. \u201cThey can come by on Dec. 20 to pick up their gifts and donations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With December a few days away, volunteer and donation spots are still open with the OB Community Foundation. Schools, churches, and businesses can fill out a form to receive a donation station for their property by emailing <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/life\/2025\/12\/12\/ob-food-toy-drive-benefits-families-seniors-community\/mailto:info@obcommunityfoundation.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">info@obcommunityfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A full list of donation stations and more information on OB Community Foundation can be found here<a href=\"http:\/\/obcommunityfoundation.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/obcommunityfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Want to help?<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers are needed for toy sorting, wrapping, and distribution coordination. Sign up at obcommunityfoundation.org. Financial donations are also being accepted, with proceeds funding the wrapping paper, tape, and gift boxes. Those interested in receiving donations can apply at <a href=\"http:\/\/obcommunityfoundation.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">obcommunityfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OCEAN BEACH \u2013 The Ocean Beach Community Foundation will hold its annual Food and Toy Drive, running from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[50854,23509,3101,7748,74,76,75,30075],"class_list":["post-92080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-food-and-toy-drive","tag-food-drive","tag-ocean-beach","tag-ocean-beach-community-foundation","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-toy-drive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92080","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=92080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}