2024 CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive surpasses goal, breaks last year's record
Updated: 10:43 AM PDT Oct 29, 2024
CAMPING AND BIKING AROUND THE LAKE ARE STILL AVAILABLE. WELL, ALL DAY TODAY. KCRA THREE TEAMING UP WITH THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL FOR THE ANNUAL CHIPS FOR KIDS TOY DRIVE. AND OUR VIEWERS, OF COURSE, RESPONDING ONCE AGAIN, DONATING THOUSANDS OF NEW, UNWRAPPED TOYS. TODAY’S TOY DRIVE JUST WRAPPED UP A FEW MINUTES AGO. KCRA 3’S, EDIE LAMBERT AND MICHELLE DAPPER ARE LIVE AT CAL EXPO. GUYS, HOW DID IT? HOW DID IT END UP? WELL, LEANNE AND GULSTAN, WE ARE SO EXCITED BECAUSE THE HEADLINE IS WE BROKE LAST YEAR’S RECORD BY ABOUT 150 TOYS. REALLY IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS. YEAH. MORE THAN 8000 TOYS THANKS TO YOU. WE SAW SO MUCH GENEROSITY TODAY. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS WHY WE DO THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND I CERTAINLY VOLUNTEER FOR THIS BECAUSE IT’S JUST SUCH AN AMAZING TIME WHEN YOU SEE THE COMMUNITY COME OUT, THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES, AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME SOME LITTLE KIDS CHRISTMAS WHO’S NOT EXPECTING IT? THEY’RE GOING TO WALK INTO THAT ROOM AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST HEARTWARMING. AND THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY TODAY, I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING OUT HERE TO CAL EXPO SINCE 430 THIS MORNING AND JUST THE SENSE OF OF HELPING YOUR NEIGHBORS, GIVING, BEING PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF DURING THIS SEASON. AND I KNOW WE’VE GOT SOME MESSAGES OUT HERE. OFFICER JONES TALKED TO ME A LITTLE BIT AS WE’RE WRAPPING UP. YOU GUYS ARE GETTING READY TO GET ALL OF THESE TOYS SET UP AS BASICALLY A BIG TOY STORE FOR THE SEASON, CORRECT? DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY? WELL, FOR THOSE GENEROUS DONORS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME OUT IN FORCE WITH A GIVING HEART, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE’S THE THERE’S THE BOARD. 8000. LET’S SHOW THEM THE EXACT NUMBERS. SO LAST YEAR,. 7874 TOYS. THIS YEAR, 8026. SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE GULSTAN AND LEANNE, BACK TO YOU. WOW, WHAT A GROUP EFFORT. AND YEAH WE GOT OVER THE 8000 MARK. SO JUST WONDERFUL. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE HAPPY KIDS COM
2024 CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive surpasses goal, breaks last year's record
Updated: 10:43 AM PDT Oct 29, 2024
The Sacramento region helped give a happy holiday to families in need during the 2024 CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive. KCRA 3, the California Highway Patrol and the CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive have been helping to make the holidays brighter for children in our community for more than 25 years. This year's drop-off event took place Friday, Dec. 6, at Cal Expo in Sacramento from 4:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. People can also drop off their gift at any American Furniture Galleries location or CHP office from Nov. 1 until Dec. 10. The community's generosity led to 7,869 toys being collected at last year's Cal Expo drop-off event on Dec. 1. It also led to $4,000 worth of gift cards being donated.The 2024 toy drive broke last year's record, with Californians donating 8,026 toys on Friday. This year's sponsors included Hackard Law, Kumon Learning, Toyota NorCal, American Furniture Galleries and Bell Bros. See more coverage from the Cal Expo drop-off event below. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter
The Sacramento region helped give a happy holiday to families in need during the 2024 CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive.
KCRA 3, the California Highway Patrol and the CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive have been helping to make the holidays brighter for children in our community for more than 25 years.
This year's drop-off event took place Friday, Dec. 6, at Cal Expo in Sacramento from 4:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
People can also drop off their gift at any American Furniture Galleries location or CHP office from Nov. 1 until Dec. 10.
The community's generosity led to 7,869 toys being collected at last year's Cal Expo drop-off event on Dec. 1. It also led to $4,000 worth of gift cards being donated.
The 2024 toy drive broke last year's record, with Californians donating 8,026 toys on Friday.
This year's sponsors included Hackard Law, Kumon Learning, Toyota NorCal, American Furniture Galleries and Bell Bros.
See more coverage from the Cal Expo drop-off event below.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter