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| County of Los Angeles DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES 425 Shatto Place, Los Angeles, California 90020 (213) 351-5602 | |||
| Board of Supervisors MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS DON KNABE 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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