El Segundo Police and Fire departments announce Toys for Tots and Spark of Love collection sites and dates
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The El Segundo Police Department and Fire Department announced collection dates, times and locations for Toys for Tots and the Spark of Love toy drives, and provided contact details for organizations that wish to receive donations.
The El Segundo Police Department and the El Segundo Fire Department announced local collection plans for two holiday toy drives.
Toys for Tots will accept new, unwrapped toys from Nov. 5 through Dec. 10 at two locations: the El Segundo Police Department lobby (Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and the Mattel headquarters holiday tent at 1955 East Grand Avenue (Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). The segment directed listeners to elsegundopd.org for more information.
The Spark of Love toy drive, run with the help of the El Segundo Fire Department, will accept new, unwrapped toys or sports equipment at Fire Station 1 on weekdays from Nov. 17 through Dec. 19 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The donations will be distributed to underserved children and teens in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Ventura and Riverside counties. Organizations interested in receiving toys were instructed to email sparkoflove@elsagundo.org.
The segment said that Spark of Love has collected and distributed nearly 11,000,000 toys over the years.