Spark of Love Toy Drive 2023 - Donate today

Help us celebrate our 31st annual toy drive!

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Spark of Love Toy Drive 2023 - Donate today
Spark of Love Toy Drive 2023 - Donate todayABC7 and Southern California Firefighters are celebrating the 31st Annual of the Spark of Love Toy Drive.

Join ABC7, the Southern California Firefighters and Toys for Tots, along with our presenting sponsor Subaru, in celebrating the 31st year of the Spark of Love Toy Drive - the largest community toy drive in the nation.

HOW TO DONATE
  1. Drop off a new, unwrapped toys or sports equipment at your local fire station. (Subject to change anytime due to public health protocol.)
  2. Text to Give: Text "SPARK" to 24365
  3. Donate online by going to supportlafd.kindful.com to make a donation via credit card.
  4. Drop off a new, unwrapped toy or sports equipment at your local Subaru Retailer.
  5. Donate by Mail: Send checks to LAFD Foundation, Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center, 1700 Stadium Way #100, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Make checks out to LAFD FOUNDATION. Write SPARK OF LOVE in the memo line.
  6. Buy a T-shirt: ABC7 has teamed up with local muralists to create exclusive Spark of Love-inspired t-shirts. ABC7 will donate 100% of its proceeds from Snow Commerce's sale of these t-shirts to support our 31st annual toy drive. Check them out at abc7.com/shop.

Toys will be sent to the Spark of Love Toy Central at Los Angeles City Fire, where they will be sanitized, sorted and distributed evenly to Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Ventura and Riverside counties. All proceeds will go to buying toys or sports equipment for the children and teens in need.

Our special community campaign collects new, unwrapped toys and sports equipment for children and teens in need in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Ventura and Riverside counties. Over the past two and a half decades, the Spark of Love Toy Drive has successfully collected more than ten million toys! Due to the effects of the pandemic and devastating wildfires, our community partners anticipate this year's requests for toys will reach higher than ever.

The Spark of Love toy drive will begin on Monday, November 13, 2023 on our digital platforms and on-air throughout the ABC7 newscasts. This year, we will host five Toy Collection Events starting Friday, December 1st, where our viewers and participants can drop-off their new, unwrapped toys or sports equipment. The toy drive will run through December 24, 2023.

The Helpful Honda team donated thousands of dollars worth of toys to our Spark of Love toy drive at Dodger Stadium on Friday.
Eagle Community Credit Union brought a van full of toys to support our Spark of Love toy drive in Cerritos on Friday.
TOY COLLECTION EVENTS

Friday, December 1, 2023
11:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Ventura County - Figueroa Plaza
Main Street at Figueroa Street Mall
Downtown Ventura

Friday, December 8, 2023
4:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Inland Empire - Mathis Home
4105 Inland Empire Blvd., Ontario
Orange County - Honda Center Parking Lot 8
2695 E. Katella Avenue, Anaheim

Friday, December 15, 2023
4:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

L.A. City - Dodger Stadium Parking Lot 13
next to the Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center
L.A. County - Los Cerritos Center
239 Los Cerritos Center, Cerritos
The parking area near Gridley Rd. and South St.

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SPARK OF LOVE TOY DRIVE SPONSORS & DONORS

Subaru - subaru.com

Amazon - amazon.com

Mathis Home - mathishome.com

Jazwares - jazwares.com

Ontario Auto Center - ontarioautocenter.com

JAKKS Pacific - jakks.com

SoCal Honda Dealers - socalhondadealers.com

K-FROG 95.1 - kfrog.radio.com

International Paper - internationalpaper.com

Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation - supportlafd.org

U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tot - toysfortots.org

For more information on how to donate, please send an email to sparkoflove@abc7.com.

More than a thousand families in Ontario were given Christmas gifts for their families, all of which were donated through the special Spark of Love campaign.
Jakks Pacific and Orange County Fire Chief's Association came out to Ontario and Anaheim to donate toys and support our Spark of Love toy drive on Friday.
Local businesses and community members showed up in a big way, bringing toys and funds to support our Spark of Love toy drive in Ontario and Anaheim on Friday.
Last year, Subaru delivered 150,000 toys to the Spark of Love Toy Drive. This year, they're pushing to top that number.
Honda donated a carload of toys to our Spark of Love Toy Drive on Friday at Figueroa Plaza in Ventura.
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