Tuesday, December 15, 2009

U.S. Postal Service Trucks deliver toys for foster youth

 

 

 

County of Los Angeles

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

 

425 Shatto Place, Los Angeles, California  90020

(213) 351-5602

Board of Supervisors

GLORIA MOLINA
First District

MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS
Second District

ZEV YAROSLAVSKY
Third District

DON KNABE
Fourth District

MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH
Fifth District

 
PATRICIA S. PLOEHN, LCSW

Director

 

 

 

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 December 15, 2009

 

 

CONTACT:            Neil Zanville

                        DCFS Office of Public Affairs:        (213) 351-5779

                        Day of Event:  Lovette Panthier:     (818) 476-6027

 

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

A convoy of 20 U.S. Postal Service trucks, with Santa at the wheel, delivers toys for 2,500 foster youth on December 16th

 

 

WHAT:              On Wednesday, December 16th at 9:30 a.m., a caravan of 20 United States Postal Service (USPS) trucks, led by Santa himself, will make its annual holiday delivery of toys to the San Fernando Valley and Chatsworth offices of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).  This tradition was started 13 years ago by Santa Clarita Postmaster Bob Swanson and provides 2,500 specially requested toys for foster youth purchased by postal workers from over 25 USPS offices in Santa Clarita and from the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valley area.  The toy train is met by cheering DCFS social workers and staff who reward the postal workers with breakfast. The toys, identified with the children's names, will be distributed to the youth by social workers at a holiday party held on Saturday.

 

WHO:              USPS workers, Bob Swanson, Postmaster             

DCFS Director, Trish Ploehn

DCFS social workers and staff

 

WHEN:            Wednesday, December 16, 2009

                        9:30 a.m.

 

 

WHERE:         Chatsworth and San Fernando Valley DCFS offices

                        20151 Nordhoff St.

                        Chatsworth, CA 91311

                       

                                                                                                                               

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