The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union

The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union

The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union

Donate a toy or adopt a family at the 17th annual toy drive

The 17th annual “Adopt A Family” event will take place on Friday, Dec. 18 in the Student Activities Center, a school director said.

Adopt A Family is a toy drive to benefit EOPS/CARE and CalWORKs students, David Brown, assistant director of EOPS/CARE and CalWORKs said.

The event will start at noon and there will be food, games, activities, movies and a “Mr. and Mrs. Santa Clause” for the kids, said Brown.

There are two ways to donate. People can either donate a gift for a child ages 1-14 or they can request to adopt a family.The final date to donate is Dec. 15.

By requesting to adopt a family, a person is accepting to provide all the gifts on a family’s wish list, said Brown.

EOPS/CARE and CalWORKs students were informed of the program in November and then they were asked to submit a wish list for the children in their families, Brown said.

Anyone can choose to adopt a family, Brown said.

“We allow students to adopt a family if they want, but traditionally we get a tremendous amount of help from staff and faculty,” Brown said.

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