DECEMber 2016
SECTION One
Share joy
(Continued from page 1) an annual toy drive that collects unwrapped gifts, gift cards, wrapping paper, tissue, ribbon and tags. Parents visit Hollygrove’s “Santa’s Workshop” to select and wrap gifts for their children. If you would like to help, donate gift cards from places such as Ralph’s, Von’s and Target. Gift certificates from places such as BestBuy, the Gap, Ross, Kohls and other places are also encouraged, as well as unwrapped gifts appropriate for ages infant to 15. The deadline for Christmas dona-
tions is Fri., Dec. 9. See the website for a wishlist of practical items accepted year round. Call Kathleen Felesina, director of fund development, 323-769-7142 or visit upliftfs. org/help/donate-now, or email kathleen.felesina@upliftfs.org. • • • St. Brendan Church, 310 S. Van Ness Ave., has two main ways of giving back. Students in grades kindergarten through fourth grade are having a toy drive benefitting families at Alexandria House and St. Anne’s. Toys should be new, unwrapped and appropriate for ages infant to 15. Gift cards are also welcome. The deadline for
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donating toys is Sat., Dec. 10. Students in grades five to eight are partnering with The Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels Adopt-a-Family Program, which adopts thousands of families in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles and brings Christmas to them. Call 323-936-4656. • • • Assistance League of Los Angeles’s Anne Banning Auxiliary, which runs Operation School Bell, 826 Cole Ave., is having a toy drive for children ages infant to 18 years old. They need small unwrapped gifts such as board games, balls, jump ropes and
“When one eats and drinks, one must also feed the stranger, the orphan, the widow, and other unfortunate paupers. But one who locks the doors of his courtyard, and eats and drinks with his children and wife but does not feed the poor and the embittered souls – this is not the joy of a mitzvah, but the joy of the belly.” -Maimonides
This year the Kramer Law Group is encouraging the Miracle Mile community’s involvement and donations to the Wilshire Boulevard Temple Food Pantry. There is a donation and volunteer portal on the Wilshire Temple’s website, www.wbtla.org The contact is dmagilnick@wbtla.org 424.208.8930
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the like that are portable. Toys can be dropped off Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Mon., Jan. 2, 2017. They also need donations and volunteers year round. One of their larger drives is at the end of October and provides backpacks, uniforms and school supplies for 250 homeless students from 35 elementary and middle schools. For information on volunteering or the toy drive, contact Ikea McGowan at imcgowan@assistanceleaguela. org or call 323-469-1973. • • • St. Vincent Meals on Wheels, 2303 Miramar St., has been delivering hot meals to anyone in need in their delivery area for more than 35 years. They need donations year-round, as well as people to volunteer time to deliver meals and visit with people, usually seniors. Call a week in advance to set up a time to volunteer, but call soon to work on Christmas Eve,
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