{"id":90113,"date":"2025-12-16T16:34:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/90113\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:34:17","slug":"spark-a-smile-annual-stuffed-animal-toy-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/90113\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Spark-a-Smile&#8217; annual stuffed animal toy drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) &#8212; The annual Spark-A-Smile stuffed animal drive is collecting donations for patients at El Paso Children\u2019s Hospital, local adult living centers, and churches across the Borderland.<\/p>\n<p>Actor and Down syndrome advocate Evan George Vourazeris joined Nichole Gomez and Isabella Martinez on ABC-7 at 4. As an active member of the community, he says it\u2019s important to give back to those in need. Vourazeris has been volunteering with Spark-A-Smile since the drive began three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The drive is organized by JoAnna Lopez and her daughter, professional dancer, model, and host Ariel Adriana Griego, a Pebble Hills High School graduate who went on to dance professionally with the Dallas Cowboys Rhythm &amp; Blue from 2018 to 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Stuffed animal donations are being accepted through December 18, 2025. Donations can be dropped off at 6005 Sabine Court.<\/p>\n<p>BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION<\/p>\n<p>KVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/station\/2022\/07\/15\/community-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clicking here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) &#8212; The annual Spark-A-Smile stuffed animal drive is collecting donations for patients at El&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-90113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}