Annual event on Dec. 20 helps provide toys to local children in need
ORANGE – Santa Claus is coming to town and looking for help in filling OCTA buses with toys for local children in need on Friday, Dec. 20 from 4:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Honda Center in Anaheim.
This year marks the 21st annual Stuff-A-Bus event which supports the Spark of Love toy drive and is sponsored by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), ABC7, Honda Center and the Anaheim Ducks.
Firefighters from across Southern California will be there to help collect toys and Garth Kemp of ABC7 will be on-site to broadcast the event and greet the public.
Last year donors set a record breaking drive, filling 14 buses with toys, beating the previous year’s record of nine buses. This year OCTA, ABC7, Honda Center and the Anaheim Ducks hope residents will come out and help to collect more toys than ever before.
“The Stuff-A-Bus event is a heartwarming tradition that brings the community together and enables residents to give back to those less fortunate,” said OCTA Chairman Greg Winterbottom. “The holidays are a great time to spread cheer and we are pleased to continue this event to help children in need.”
The public is encouraged to bring new, unwrapped toys or sporting equipment to Honda Center parking lot at 2695 E. Katella Ave. in Anaheim. Toys will be distributed to children in need throughout the community.
All donations benefit the Spark of Love toy drive, a program that has collected more than 7 million toys for children over the past two decades. Firefighters from Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties have supported the Spark of Love toy drive for more than 20 years.
