CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST
TOYS FOR TOTS


    



                                   
                              

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Scroll down to the bottom of the page for a very nice news article that was published in the Lompoc Record December 16, 2007
 

The Kickoff for 2008 was Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at the Lompoc City Hall Courtyard

Lompoc Toys for Tots Kickoff at the Lompoc City Hall with Mayor Dick DeWees and our coordinators (Wednesday, November 5, 2008)

Toys for Tots Train made by Don Ramirez


Mickey Terrones 2nd Annual Memorial Toy Drive, Saturday December 6, 2008
 
  scroll down or click here for details

   &  for the original flyer in Adobe pdf format and the story behind Mikey's Memorial

Bobby Knudsen's 8th Annual Memorial Toy Run, Sunday December 14, 2008

  
 Starts at the Whistle Stop, 805 W. Laurel Ave at 9:30 am (ride starts at 10:00 am)
    Course goes from Whistle Stop, to Elks Lodge in Santa Ynez, to Los Alamos, to American Legion in Orcutt, and back to Whistle Stop for a BarB at 2:00 pm
    All motorcycles (and other vehicles) are welcome
    Bring a new unwrapped toy for needy kids in the Lompoc Valley
   


DONATION BOX LOCATIONS FOR THIS YEAR (2008):

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT FROM:
cash canisters are located at various locations

ORGANIZATION:

ADDRESS:

LOMPOC:

 

City Hall

Civic Center Plaza

Police Dept.

100 Civic Center Plaza

   
Caldwell Banker 129 W. Central
Life Chiropractic 217-A W. Central
In-Shape City Gym 501 W. Central
Vitamin & Herb Store 517 W. Central
Curves 533 W. Central
Wells Fargo Bank 645 W. Central
Wal-Mart

701 W. Central

Lompoc Community Bank 705 W. Central
   
Lompoc YMCA

201 W. College

Lompoc Adult Education

515 W. College

   
Whistle Stop 805 W. Laurel
Colt Transportation 1300 W. Laurel
   
Sherman Day Care 1027 E. Barton Ave
Bruce's Prime Cuts 115 E. College #10
Joni Gray - 4th Dist.Supv

401 E. Cypress

   
Lompoc Hospital/I.S. Dept 508 E. Hickory Ave
Gymnastics North 1501 E. Laurel Ave
American Legion Post 125 
VFW Post 1717

Vets Memorial Bldg
100 E. Locust

   
Lompoc Library

501 E. North

   
Toyota of Lompoc

203 E. Ocean

Heavy Duty Cycles

208 E. Ocean

Hair Illusions Supplies & Salon 707 E. Ocean
Honda/Yamaha

901 E. Ocean

Lompoc Elks Lodge

905 E. Ocean

   
Walnut Pier Health Club 803 E. Walnut
   
Physical Therapy/Dr. Coughlin 136 N. Third
   
Alley Cats Beauty Shop 111 N. F
First United Methodist Church

925 N. F

   
Lompoc Record

115 N. H

Santa Barbara Bank & Trust

200 N. H

Bank of America

215 N. H

Tor’s Saab

414 N. H

Chicago Title Co.

511 N. H

Goetz Manderley/The Mgmt Trust 511 N. H  (upstairs)
Prudential Hunter Realty 531 N. H
Big Lots

701 N. H

Sugar Magnolia's Cafe & Juice Bar 724 N. H
Union Bank of California

805 N. H

RaboBank

828 N. H

Santa Barbara News-Press

908 N. H

Walgreen Drug Store 937 N. H
Dollar Tree Stores 1009 N. H
The Party Shop 1010 N. H
Alfie/s Fish & Chips 1036 N. H
Lompoc Honda Auto Dealer

1224 N. H

Sunset Auto

1300 N. H

The UPS Store 1305 N. H Suite A
Century 21 Realty 1307 N. H
Santa Barbara Bank & Trust

1307 N. H Branch 25

Longs Drugs 1317 N. H
Coast Hills Fed. Credit Union

1320 N. H

Cash America Pay Day Advance 1412 N. H
Lemo's Feed 1620 N. H
   
American Host Restaurant 113 N. I
Speedway Car Wash 530 N. I
LV Half Century Club

341 N. N

Valley Medical

136 N. Third

Dorothy Jackson Center/FSA

501 N. W

Clarence Ruth Elem School/YMCA 501 N. W
A Low Cost Self Storage 517 N. 8th St
   
Valley Medical Group Counseling Center 119 S. B St
LV Chamber of Commerce

111 S. I St

Perry’s Auto

113 S. F St

Fire Dept.

115 S. G St.

Ocean Wood Apts, Rental Office 113 S. U St
Celite Mining Plant Miguelito Canyon Rd

VANDENBERG VILLAGE:

 

RaboBank

3745 Constellation Rd

Santa Barbara Bank & Trust

3787 Constellation Rd

Coast Hills Fed.Credit Union

3880 Constellation Rd

Coast Hills Fed.Credit Union Bldg 10375, Vandenberg AFB

County Fire Station 51 Harris Grade Rd & Burton Mesa
Foley Winery/Tasting Room 6121 Hwy 246

TOY REGISTRATION:

 

TOY DISTRIBUTION:


CASH DONATIONS:


Toys for Tots is a 501(C)3 non-profit public charity and as such your gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law (see your tax advisor).  Cash gifts are used to buy toys and books which are added to our collections. 

There will be a cash container located near some of the donation locations for your convenience.

or you may write a check payable to Toys for Tots, MCL 680 and send your donations to:

Toys for Tots
c/o Wachovia Securities
1212 Marsh #2
San Luis Obispo, CA  93401

CREDIT CARD DONATIONS ARE ALSO ACCEPTED: PLEASE FOR THE DETAILS:


VOLUNTEERS -- WHO TO CONTACT:

If you can volunteer your time and talents to support this fantastic program in any of the Central California cities, we welcome your support.  Please call our Managing Director at:

Barbara Wolcott: 805.543.5240

or click on one of the following names to send an email message:
    Pat Nuernberg, Lompoc Coordinator
    John DuMong, Central California Deputy Director

Mikey Terrones
2nd Annual-2008 Holiday
Memorial Toy Drive

Join us for our 2nd annual holiday toy drive in memory of “MIKEY”. We will be collecting toys to distribute to needy children during the holiday season. You may bring unwrapped toys in their original packaging to a special reception being held at:

Location:              2008 Conception Drive (Briar Creek Homes) Lompoc
When:                   Saturday, December 6, 2008
Time:                    6:00 pm
Hosted By:             Mike & Lupe Terrones and Family
Telephone:            805.975.5080 or 805.588.8098

But JESUS called the children to him and said,
“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of GOD belongs to such as these.”
LUKE 18:16

*All toys will go to the Lompoc chapter of Toys for Tots and the Lompoc Foursquare Church for distribution to the children of our communities who would otherwise be without this holiday season. Thank you for your compassion and giving hearts, Merry Christmas, the Terrones’ & Family.



ARTICLE IN THE LOMPOC RECORD, December 16, 2007:

Tots get toys in time for Christmas

By Amanda Brooks/Staff Writer

A large, vacant store in the West Ocean Avenue Vons shopping center was transformed Saturday into the Toys for Tots distribution center.

Outside, in the bright, crisp morning, families stood in line, waiting their turn to enter. Inside, though it was rather unfestive in decor, teams of volunteers in Santa hats helped guide the families from sign-in through collection of toys for their children - then they got their photos taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

“It's a big deal. Without that, I don't know what I'd do,” said Koreena Parker, who was there to pick up toys for her children.

Maria Lozano, the mother of four girls, said that signing up for the free gifts was her 6-year-old's idea. Valerie and her sisters wanted to have toys for Christmas, and Lozano said that without Toys for Tots, Christmas “would have been sad.”

Alicia Gomez, who learned about the program from her mother, said she was grateful because without it, “There would be no toys for your kids. They help us.”

One side of the room was a sort of shopping center, where boxes of gifts had been sorted into age groups. Volunteers, with ticket numbers indicating children's genders and ages, filled bags with appropriate toys.

Other volunteers took the bags and organized them on the other side of the store in neat rows by ticket number, and still other volunteers searched for and retrieved the bags when the family arrived.

This bustle of activity, combined with the joyful anticipation of the children and the presence of Santa Claus, gave the scene a warm, cheerful glow that belied the starkness of the white walls and black floor.

Though every year co-ordinators Pat Nuernberg and Brenda Herrera worry about having enough toys, Nuernberg said that this year was particularly hard.

“The overall economics affects the program,” Nuernberg said. “With people losing homes and the price of gas, this year it was such a worry. Right down to the wire.”

This year, Toys for Tots had nearly 600 families preregistered for the program. Other families were allowed to register late Saturday.

Although the total registration numbers were unavailable late Saturday, Nuernberg said, “We didn't have to turn a child away.”

The thing that seemed to amaze everyone was not only the financial generosity of the community, but also the community's generosity of time.

“We couldn't do this without volunteers,” Nuernberg said.

And volunteers they had. From the people who volunteered to anonymously give gifts to children from whom they would never hear a thank you to the small army of volunteers helping run Saturday's proceedings.

A troop of boy scouts, 32 students from Lompoc High School's MEChA club and five from an Allan Hancock College Speech 102 class were among the day's volunteers.

AHC student Marjorie McBride said they chose to participate in Toys for Tots because of the immediate impact it has: “Doing this, we get to see the kids' faces.”

Toys for Tots in Lompoc is organized with the help of the Dorothy Jackson Family Resource Center (DJFRC). Originally under the name Christmas Cheer, it was Pat Nuernberg and her husband Hal, an ex-marine, whose involvement with the Marine Corps League brought Toys for Tots to Lompoc with the help of Dorothy Jackson.

It is via the DJFRC that families learn about and register for the Toys for Tots program. Jackson's daughter-in-law, Linda Jackson, stays involved in the Toys for Tots program because she feels it is a good legacy.

Herrera summed up the day, “It was because of lots of loving hearts that we pulled it together.”

Amanda Brooks can be reached at 737-1056 or at abrooks@lompocrecord.com.

December 16, 2007

 


 



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