{"id":27082,"date":"2012-12-17T19:35:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T03:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=27082"},"modified":"2012-12-19T18:40:58","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T02:40:58","slug":"children-meet-santa-receive-gifts-at-av-hospital-toy-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/12\/17\/children-meet-santa-receive-gifts-at-av-hospital-toy-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Children meet Santa, receive gifts at AV Hospital toy giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27085\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/AV-Hospital-toy-giveaway.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27085\" title=\"AV Hospital toy giveaway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/AV-Hospital-toy-giveaway-1024x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/AV-Hospital-toy-giveaway-1024x668.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/AV-Hospital-toy-giveaway-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/AV-Hospital-toy-giveaway-171x111.jpg 171w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/AV-Hospital-toy-giveaway.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children got to sit with Santa Claus and share their holiday wishes at AV Hospital&#8217;s Toy Giveaway, which took place Monday afternoon in an outdoor tent on the hospital campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LANCASTER \u2013 Antelope Valley Hospital did its part to make the holidays memorable for about 215 children Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital presented toys donated by employees, volunteers and the medical staff to local families through the Children\u2019s Center of the Antelope Valley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just wanted to do something nice for the community, show our support for local families and do what we can to help bring a little bit of cheer this time of year,\u201d said AV Hospital spokeswoman Ellen Driscoll.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/AV-Hospital-toy-giveaway1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27083\" title=\"AV Hospital toy giveaway1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/AV-Hospital-toy-giveaway1-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/AV-Hospital-toy-giveaway1-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/AV-Hospital-toy-giveaway1.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Driscoll said the toys were collected during a three-week drive that was conducted from November 26 to December 14.<\/p>\n<p>Families were selected by the Children\u2019s Center of the Antelope Valley to receive the toys at a celebration on the hospital campus.<\/p>\n<p>Children got to sit with Santa Claus and share their holiday wishes, enjoy popcorn and fruit snacks, have their face painted, and watch a clown make animal character balloons while enjoying festive music and games provided by a DJ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very nice of them to do this, I enjoyed everything,\u201d said Sandra Lopez, who attended the event with her two children.<\/p>\n<p>For Marisol Cadrera, the toy giveaway was especially important because her household income had declined, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great opportunity for us as parents to see the kids so happy, and we\u2019re really thankful,\u201d Cadrera said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 Antelope Valley Hospital did its part to make the holidays memorable for about 215 children Monday. 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