december, 2018

tue11dec7:30 pmtue9:30 pmMidweek7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

thu13dec12:00 pmthu5:00 pmFRC Toy Drive - Organizing/Shopping12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Event Details

Family Rescue Center

Toy Drive

Sunday, December 9, 2018

(Volunteer Opportunities – December 13-15, 2018)

Once again this year the parents from the Family Rescue Center’s client families will get to select one special toy for each of their children. Your generous donations are what help make this possible.

*We are collecting the toys through Sunday, December 9th at Panorama HS at the Orange Community Service Tent which is our official “Toy Drive“.

Like last year, we are expecting almost 1000 homeless and low-income children at this year’s Christmas event. We are hoping to be able to get enough toys, gift cards, and monetary donations to be able to give each child one gift and one stocking stuffer.

This event is a big deal to our Family Rescue Center children and families, as each year many of them sleep in line overnight in hopes of receiving a toy for Christmas. It is also a very fun event for the children because Santa Claus will be there, and we will have activities such as cookie decorating, arts & crafts, games, etc.

Toys/gifts:

We are expecting almost 1000 children this year, which is more than any other year of this toy drive. Last year, we ran out of gifts for older kids (age 12-17) and also gifts for girls, 2nd-5th grade.

If it is helpful to you, here are a few ideas of items we have noticed being very desired by the FRC kids:

Skateboards (these are a great means of transportation for older FRC kids and teens)
Razor scooters
Large makeup kits for teen girls
18″ dolls
Legos
Remote control vehicles
Anything Superhero-related
Shopkins
Anything Disney-related
Gift cards to Big 5, H & M, Claire’s, Toys R Us and Target

Side note: Stuffed animals and board games are usually the least-picked items.

*Each family also gets to take one stocking stuffer per child.

Items that seem to be in demand in this area are single containers of Play Doh, lip glosses, nail polish, mascara (for the teen girls), small eye shadow kits (they even have these at the 99cent Store), hair clips/bands, single “Hot Wheels” cars, small water color paint kits (usually $1 at Target and 99cent Store) and small items of the like.

Our biggest concern at this point is getting 1,000 toys and/or gift cards by Dec. 17th! Since most of the FRC families cannot afford the luxury of cell phones, technology that includes email, etc. we have no way to reach them (if we don’t have enough toys) to say, “We’re so sorry, but we don’t have enough toys this year, so please don’t come…” These families will show up no matter what, in hopes of receiving one toy per child. We are hoping and praying for a 1,000-toy-miracle by Dec. 15th!

Volunteer Opportunities:

Organizing/Shopping

Date: Thursday, December 13

Time: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Date: Friday, December 14

Time: 11a.m. – 5 p.m.

We will need a lot of volunteers to help set up “the store”, organize and count toys, count up gift cards, separate stocking stuffers, organize gift wrapping paper.

We will also need volunteers who can go out to the stores (with any donated funds FRC gets) to purchase missing needed toy items.

Distribution and Kids Activities

Date: Saturday, December 15

Time: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

On the day of the event, we need volunteers from 8:30am-1:30pm. The families will arrive from 9:00-1:00 (although many will have slept in line overnight) and parents will select one toy and one stocking stuffer for each of their children. Volunteers will be their “personal shoppers” to help them with the gift-choosing process. More volunteers will then wrap the gifts, so that the children never see what gifts their parents have chosen for them. While parents are inside shopping for gifts for their children, volunteers are outside doing fun activities with the children as they wait for their parents to come out. The children’s activities will include face-painting, arts & crafts, games, cookie-decorating, basketball lessons, etc. We will need volunteers to help with these activities.

Family Rescue Center

22103 Vanowen St.

Canoga Park, CA 91303

Time

(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location

Family Rescue Center

22103 Van Owen St. Canoga Park, CA 91303

Calendar GoogleCal

fri14dec11:00 amfri5:00 pmFRC Toy Drive - Organizing/Shopping11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Event Details

Family Rescue Center

Toy Drive

Sunday, December 9, 2018

(Volunteer Opportunities – December 13-15, 2018)

*We are collecting the toys through Sunday, December 9th at Panorama HS at the Orange Community Service Tent which is our official “Toy Drive“.

Toys/gifts:

If it is helpful to you, here are a few ideas of items we have noticed being very desired by the FRC kids:

Skateboards (these are a great means of transportation for older FRC kids and teens)
Razor scooters
Large makeup kits for teen girls
18″ dolls
Legos
Remote control vehicles
Anything Superhero-related
Shopkins
Anything Disney-related
Gift cards to Big 5, H & M, Claire’s, Toys R Us and Target

Side note: Stuffed animals and board games are usually the least-picked items.

*Each family also gets to take one stocking stuffer per child.

Volunteer Opportunities:

Organizing/Shopping

Date: Thursday, December 13

Time: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Date: Friday, December 14

Time: 11a.m. – 5 p.m.

We will need a lot of volunteers to help set up “the store”, organize and count toys, count up gift cards, separate stocking stuffers, organize gift wrapping paper.

We will also need volunteers who can go out to the stores (with any donated funds FRC gets) to purchase missing needed toy items.

Distribution and Kids Activities

Date: Saturday, December 15

Time: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Family Rescue Center

22103 Vanowen St.

Canoga Park, CA 91303

Time

(Friday) 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location

Family Rescue Center

22103 Van Owen St. Canoga Park, CA 91303

Calendar GoogleCal

sat15dec8:30 amsat1:30 pmFRC Toy Drive - Distribution & Kids Activities8:30 am - 1:30 pm

Event Details

Family Rescue Center

Toy Drive

Sunday, December 9, 2018

(Volunteer Opportunities – December 13-15, 2018)

*We are collecting the toys through Sunday, December 9th at Panorama HS at the Orange Community Service Tent which is our official “Toy Drive“.

Toys/gifts:

If it is helpful to you, here are a few ideas of items we have noticed being very desired by the FRC kids:

Skateboards (these are a great means of transportation for older FRC kids and teens)
Razor scooters
Large makeup kits for teen girls
18″ dolls
Legos
Remote control vehicles
Anything Superhero-related
Shopkins
Anything Disney-related
Gift cards to Big 5, H & M, Claire’s, Toys R Us and Target

Side note: Stuffed animals and board games are usually the least-picked items.

*Each family also gets to take one stocking stuffer per child.

Volunteer Opportunities:

Organizing/Shopping

Date: Thursday, December 13

Time: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Date: Friday, December 14

Time: 11a.m. – 5 p.m.

We will need a lot of volunteers to help set up “the store”, organize and count toys, count up gift cards, separate stocking stuffers, organize gift wrapping paper.

We will also need volunteers who can go out to the stores (with any donated funds FRC gets) to purchase missing needed toy items.

Distribution and Kids Activities

Date: Saturday, December 15

Time: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Family Rescue Center

22103 Vanowen St.

Canoga Park, CA 91303