{"id":82729,"date":"2025-12-14T03:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/82729\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T03:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:34:08","slug":"thousands-of-toys-thousands-of-smiles-at-mana-wynwood-holiday-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/82729\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of toys, thousands of smiles at Mana Wynwood holiday giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0December 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of toys, thousands of smiles at Mana Wynwood holiday giveaway <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Inside the Mana Wynwood Convention Center, more than 5,000 toys filled the floor as the Little Lighthouse Foundation hosted its annual holiday toy distribution for underserved children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Now in its 16th year, the event has grown significantly, serving more than 2,500 children bused in from over 120 shelters and after-school programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s huge,\u201d said Nicole Tate, the foundation\u2019s program director. \u201cI don\u2019t think people realize how expensive not only toys are but everything that happens during the holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Children were greeted with cheers as they entered the winter-themed space, many leaving with new toys in hand. Parents said the event provided relief during a time when money is tight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI really appreciate it,\u201d said Feltonisha Williams. \u201cMoney is tight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For families, the impact went beyond the gifts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cJust to see them smile \u2014 that\u2019s what it\u2019s about,\u201d said parent Aleasha Oliver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Organizers say that while the toys matter, the greatest gift is the joy shared by children and families during the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Samiar Nefzi\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/9dfe9245-12b2-40be-bc.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Samiar Nefzi <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Samiar Nefzi joined the Local 10 News team in August of 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0December 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM Thousands of toys, thousands of smiles at Mana Wynwood holiday giveaway Inside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-82729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-hialeah","9":"tag-hialeah-headlines","10":"tag-hialeah-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}