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A Christmas miracle comes to Boys & Girls Clubs of North County

FALLBROOK – Every year, Boys & Girls Clubs of North County hosts a toy drive with the goal of providing each of their members a gift for the holidays. In years past, the club has had to purchase gifts to ensure no child leaves for the holiday break empty handed.

This year with rising costs due to the pandemic, the club wasn't sure it was going to be able to afford the extra gifts.

That's when the community of Fallbrook stepped in.

"I've never seen an outpouring of support like I did for the toy drive this year," said Brian Astredo, Director of Development for the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County. "The generosity of this community never ceases to amaze me, but this year, in light of everything going on, this year was special."

The club received requests from businesses throughout Fallbrook to place toy drive boxes in their stores. Boxes were placed at the Fallbrook Library, Chase Bank, Fallbrook Sporting Goods and Kahoots.

In addition to the toy drive boxes, organizations and community groups like The Golf Club of California's Women's Golf Club, Rotary Club of Fallbrook, the Fallbrook Blanket Project and the Fallbrook Women's Golf Club stepped in to contribute their own donations to the club.

The club also received donations from friends, neighbors, board members and staff to help with their goal.

At the 11th hour, the club received a call from North Coast Church. They wanted to provide the additional gifts needed to meet the club's goal.

Last week, the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County hosted small holiday parties at each of their 10 sites. At the end of the parties, a total of 400 children went home with gifts. No child left empty handed thanks to the amazing generosity of the Fallbrook community.

For more information on all the services this club has to offer, call their offices at 760-728-5871 or visit www.bgcnorthcounty.org.

Submitted by the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County.

 

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