West Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays with 26th Annual Toy, Food Drive

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA -- The city of West Hollywood and the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station are partnering to help give back to those in need this holiday season. The 26th Annual West Hollywood Toy and Food Drive will be accepting donations until Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, with the goal of providing up to 900 families with meals and gifts.

For the past two-and-a-half decades, the generous contributions of local businesses and individuals have helped provide more than 5,550 local families with food and gifts in the spirit of the holiday season. The West Hollywood Food and Toy Drive provides families in the community with a holiday meal, as well as two toys for every child in the family. The cost to help one family is $65, and up to 10 families can be helped with $575. New unwrapped toys are also needed, as well as clothing, store coupons, discount cards, and gift cards to retailers such as Vons, Ralphs, or Target.

Toy and clothing collection bins are located at West Hollywood City Hall, located at 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard, and at the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station, located at 780 N. San Vicente Boulevard. Monetary donations can be made at the cashier's window at West Hollywood City Hall, or online at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/to....

For more information, please contact Bonnie Smith at (323) 848-6371, or at bsmith@weho.org. For people who are deaf or hearing impaired, please call (323) 848-6496.

-- News release from city of West Hollywood. Photo via Pixabay