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Toy Drive 2014
Toy Drive 2014

Santa Clarita Toy Drive, School Performances Draw Community

“The deputies of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station work with the community to collect and distribute new and unwrapped new toys,” said Deputy Fanny Lapkin, community relations deputy for the Sheriff’s Station, “and we give them as gifts to the less fortunate children in our community through the toy drive.”


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The Sheriff’s Station and KHTS AM-1220 organize a kickoff event every year with community partners such as AutoNation Chevrolet, which hosted this year’s event Wed.

Santa and Santa Clarita Deputies

Santa and Santa Clarita Deputies

One of the aspects making the event so popular every year is the toys donated from Santa Clarita Valley residents stay in the Santa Clarita Valley, officials said.

“All of the toys stay here in the community, and we work hand in hand with partnerships and different businesses,” Lapkin said, “and they host toy drive boxes at their locations.”

Listen: Santa Clarita Toy Drive, School Performances

At the kickoff event, several Santa Clarita Valley schools and youth organizations, including Mitchell Elementary, Fair Oaks Elementary, Vibe Performing Arts School, SCVi and Santa Clarita Children’s Choir, among others, performed at AutoNation Chevrolet from 4-7 p.m. 

The kids performances were broadcast live. For the podcast from the event click here.

Here’s a look at the performances from the kickoff event:

 

 

Mitchell Elementary

Mitchell Elementary

Mitchell Elementary

Fair Oaks Elementary & Golden Oak Elementary

Fair Oaks Elementary & Golden Oak Elementary

Fair Oaks Elementary & Golden Oak Elementary

Vibe Performing Arts Studios

Vibe Performing Arts Studios

Vibe Performing Arts Studios

 SCVi Charter School

SCVi Charter School

SCVi Charter School

 Santa Clarita Children’s Choir (younger group)

Santa Clarita Children’s Choir (younger group)

Santa Clarita Children’s Choir (younger group)

 Santa Clarita Children’s Choir (older group) 

Santa Clarita Children’s Choir (older group)

Santa Clarita Children’s Choir (older group)

Oak Hills Elementary

Oak Hills Elementary

Oak Hills Elementary

West Ranch High School

West Ranch High School

West Ranch High School

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The toy drive is accepting new and unwrapped gifts takes place from Dec. 3-17, and deputies plan to have all toys distributed by Dec. 19.

The toys are given to nonprofits such as (but not limited to): the Michael Hoefflin Foundation, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, the Santa Clarita Community Center, Carousel Ranch and the SCV Child and Family Center.

In addition to KHTS’ Canyon Country studio, the Sheriff’s Station and AutoNation Chevrolet, here are a few of the businesses with collection boxes:

KHTS kiosk Westfield Valencia Town Center

24201 West Valencia Blvd, Santa Clarita 

Autonation Chevrolet

23649 Valencia Boulevard Valencia, CA

Adventure Dental

18580 Vía Princessa #3 Santa Clarita, CA

Cardinal Health

27680 Ave Mentry, Valencia, CA

Castaic Elementary

30455 Park Vista Dr, Castaic, CA

Creative Preschool

21710 Golden Triangle Road Santa Clarita, CA

Eternal Valley

23287 Sierra Highway Newhall, CA

Oak Hills Elementary School

26730 Old Rock Road Valencia, CA

SoCal Physical Therapy

27616 Newhall Ranch Rd #35, Valencia, CA

To the Pointe Dance & Pilates Center

25834 McBean Pkwy, Valencia, CA

Valencia Dental Group

28134 Newhall Ranch Road Valencia, CA

Valencia Sports Medicine

24501 Town Center Drive, Suite 103 Valencia, CA

One of the aspects making the event so popular every year is the toys donated from Santa Clarita Valley residents stay in the Santa Clarita Valley, officials said.

“All of the toys stay here in the community, and we work hand in hand with partnerships and different businesses,” Lapkin said, “and they host toy drive boxes at their locations.”

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About Kimberly Beers

Kimberly Beers is a Santa Clarita native. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from California State University, Northridge in 2013. While attending the university, she focused her attention on news writing and worked as a primary news writer for the campus' award winning radio station and televised news program. She began writing news stories for KHTS in 2014 and hopes to have a lifetime career dedicated to writing and sharing the news