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2022 CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive: How to donate at drop-off locations

2022 CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive: How to donate at drop-off locations
LOT BRIGHTER FOR MANY FAMILIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THANKS TO YOUR AMAZING GENEROSITY. ALL DAY YESTERDAY, SO MANY OF YOU SHOWED UP FOR OUR CHIPS FOR KIDS TOY DRIVE, AND WE HAVE THE TOYS TO SHOW FOR IT. KCRA 3’S. LETICIA ORDAZ SHOWS US SOME OF THE MOMENTS THAT MADE THIS YEAR’S EVENT SO SPECIAL >> YOU VERY MUCH. OUR COMMUNITY RESPONDED IN A BIG WAY TO MAKE SURE NO CHILD GOES WITHOUT CHRISTMAS. >> WE ARE HAPPY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. >> BEFORE SUNRISE THERE WAS A SEA OF TOYS. THIS TRACK COMPANY GOT CREATED WITH THEIR TOY DRIVE. COUNTLESS BUSINESSES CANNOT TO DONATE TOYS AND BIKES. MANY ANXIOUS TO GIVE MORE THIS YEAR. >> THIS YEAR, I FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME TO DIG DEEP. >> WHEN I WAS A CHILD WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. >> WE CUT UP WITH MAE TO MAKE THE DRIVE BECAUSE THE SAME PROGRAM HELPED HIM AND HE WAS A KID. >> WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD I GOT A BIKE AND IT MADE MY CHRISTMAS. IT MADE THE HOLIDAYS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. >> THEN WE MET SEAN WHO DECIDED THERE WAS NO BETTER WAY TO SPEND HIS BIRTHDAY THAN BY GIVING BACK. >> IT FEELS REALLY GOOD GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND LETTING KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A GOOD CHRISTMAS. IT WARMS MY HEART KNOWING THAT THERE’S KIDS OUT THERE WHO NEED THESE TOYS. AND WE WILL GIVE IT TO THEM. >> THE NIGHT ENDED WITH A RECORD 7000 TOYS COLLECTED. TOYS THAT WILL SOON BE DISTRIBUTED TO FAMILIES TO SHOW THEM THE TRUE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS IN HAPPY HOLIDAYS. >> WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND DONATED. YOU CAN STILL DONATE TOYS TO ANY OFFICE OR DROP YOUR NEW UNWRAPPED ITEM IN A DONATION BAN UNTIL DECEMBER 11. THIS TRADITION DAYS PLANNED FOR LATER THIS MONTH.
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2022 CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive: How to donate at drop-off locations
Help give a happy holiday to families in need with the 2022 CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive. KCRA 3, the California Highway Patrol and the CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive have been helping to make the holidays brighter for children in our community for over 15 years.This year's drop-off event at Cal Expo in Sacramento kicked off Friday, Dec. 2. The community's generosity led to 7,047 toys being collected, more than at last year's event. If you couldn't make it out to Cal Expo for the drop-off event, there are other places to make your donation in December. Drop-off locations:You can help by bringing a new, unwrapped toy to any CHP office or American Furniture Galleries between Nov. 10 and Dec. 14.People are encouraged to consider giving athletic equipment, gift cards and make-up for teens, too, since a lot of gifts in past years have been for younger kids. This year's CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive is sponsored by American Furniture Galleries, Bell Brothers Heating & Air, Shriner's Hospital and Toyota.

Help give a happy holiday to families in need with the 2022 CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive.

KCRA 3, the California Highway Patrol and the CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive have been helping to make the holidays brighter for children in our community for over 15 years.

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This year's drop-off event at Cal Expo in Sacramento kicked off Friday, Dec. 2. The community's generosity led to 7,047 toys being collected, more than at last year's event.

If you couldn't make it out to Cal Expo for the drop-off event, there are other places to make your donation in December.

Drop-off locations:

You can help by bringing a new, unwrapped toy to any CHP office or American Furniture Galleries between Nov. 10 and Dec. 14.

People are encouraged to consider giving athletic equipment, gift cards and make-up for teens, too, since a lot of gifts in past years have been for younger kids.

This year's CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive is sponsored by American Furniture Galleries, Bell Brothers Heating & Air, Shriner's Hospital and Toyota.