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San Francisco Fire Department Adds New Twist To Holiday Toy Drive
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The San Francisco Fire Department has asked the community to dig a bit deeper this holiday season. In addition to its annual toy drive, firefighters put a call out for donations...
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Lefty O’Doul’s Upholds San Francisco Toy Drive Tradition
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Last minute shoppers won’t be the only ones out and about in San Francisco’s Union Square on Christmas Eve as an annual toy drive has kicked off at Lefty O’Doul’s Restaurant...
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Firefighters Holding Toy Drive For ‘Ethnic Dolls’ In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco firefighters were holding a toy drive Wednesday evening focused on collecting ethnic dolls to hand out to children over the holidays. The Dolls of Ethnicity Drive...
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Needy San Jose Parents Brave Overnight Cold For Free Holiday Toys
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Dozens of needy families endured the nighttime chill camped outside Sacred Heart Community Service in San Jose for the chance to pick out free toys and books as holiday gifts for...
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San Jose Toy Drive Falling Short As Record Number Of Kids Expected
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) - An annual holiday toy drive by Sacred Heart Community Service in San Jose has a record number of kids set to receive gifts but is about 7,000 toys and books shy of its goal, a...
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Neighbors Save Christmas For Union City Family Displaced By Fire
UNION CITY (KPIX 5) – After a house fire gutted a Union City family’s home and burned all of their presents less than two days before Christmas, neighbors and firefighters have stepped up to ensure...
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SF’s Lefty O’Doul’s Toy Drive Delivers Thousands Of Smiles On Christmas
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Nearly all of the approximately 11,200 toys collected at the “Last Chance” toy drive at San Francisco’s Lefty O’Doul’s have been delivered to children Wednesday, an event...
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Lefty O’Doul’s Collects, Distributes 15,000 Toys To San Francisco Children
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A San Francisco restaurant has collected 15,000 toys in the last two days, and managed to distribute nearly all of them to the city’s neediest children in the same time frame....
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San Francisco Police Accepting Holiday Toy Donations For Children
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco police officers are asking for the public’s help to put smiles on children’s faces this holiday season, police said. Police will be accepting toys for children in...
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Bay Area Toy Drives Receive Thousands Of Donations This Holiday Season
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Tens of thousands, and possibly hundreds of thousands, of toys are being donated to Bay Area children who are in need of a happy holiday this holiday season. One group called...
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Bay Area Toy Drive Organizers Say Need For Donations Greater Than Last Year
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The need this year for toys for Bay Area children is greater than last year, toy drive organizers said Thursday. Volunteers with San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 expected...
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Low-Income Families Get Help For Holidays In San Jose
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Christmas came early for thousands of low-income families in the South Bay Thursday as parents in need got a chance to shop for holiday gifts that otherwise wouldn’t be under the...
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Former San Bruno Firefighter Accused Of Stealing From Toy Drive Program
SAN BRUNO (CBS SF) — A 53-year-old woman who formerly worked as a San Bruno firefighter has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $25,000 from a toy drive program run by the department’s...
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Retired Assistant Deputy Chief Paul Chin and Jill Peeler talk to host Kenny Choi about the annual San Francisco Fire Department Toy Drive.
View ArticleDonations Sparse For Richmond Fire Department’s Annual Holiday Toy Drive
RICHMOND (KPIX 5) — Due to a donation shortage in the Richmond Fire Department’s annual holiday toy drive, this could first year ever that the department can’t donate to each family that’s made a...
View ArticleVIDEO: Couple Steals Donations Meant For Kids In Need From San Jose Church
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5)– As the faithful pray for the birth of Jesus at Our Lady of Guadalupe in San Jose, they will also be praying for the two people caught on camera stealing money meant to buy toys for...
View ArticleCOVID Purple Tier: Bay Area Charities Say Donations Down Drastically As Need...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Some Bay Area charities and nonprofits report donations are down drastically due to the pandemic at a time when the demand has become dramatic. “The need is growing because...
View ArticleBay Area Law Enforcement Agencies Carry On Holiday Toy Drives Despite COVID...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — With Christmas rapidly approaching, the pandemic is having a Grinch-like effect on a lot of the usual traditions. Across the Bay Area those who organize yearly toy drives are...
View ArticleCOVID Holiday: San Jose’s Sacred Heart Keeps Christmas Toy Drive Alive...
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Sacred Heart Community Service launched its annual toy drive on Monday, but in 2020, just like nearly everything else, this holiday giving event looks very different, and the needs...
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