“The highlight for me is the fact that I know I’m helping families in the community so children don’t go without during the holiday season,” Briones said. They can start doing so at the age of 14, which allows the family to do something worthwhile together.

Tanya Briones and her daughters, 16-year-old Tanya Rivera, 15-year-old Sica Rivera and 14-year-old Luisa Rivera, volunteer every year. It brought me a smile and kept us going, even with this pandemic going on.” “I loved seeing the gratitude from the public, to know that they were happy that we were providing for our communities’ needy children. “I have a huge family, and to think there are kids out there going without, really tugs at my heart,” he said. Placencia worked a full eight-hour shift every week of the event and said he participates every year as a way of giving back. “Longtime volunteer Joey Placencia was dressed every week with the joy of the Christmas spirit,” Silvas said. There was an “Ugly Sweater” day and one for “Christmas PJs.” She volunteered for several hours on most of the days. Things were certainly different this year but Soboba Foundation President Dondi Silvas said they offered themed days to keep the 50 volunteers in a festive mood. The toys were then taken into a back room for sorting by another group of volunteers so they can be distributed to nonprofits that have requested to be included this year.

The portable wand is rechargeable with a 99.9% sterilization rating. Each toy underwent an extreme sanitation process, using a UVC LED handheld sanitizer, upon receipt. 15.Īll volunteers working at the donation stations wore masks and gloves and sat behind Plexiglass partitions. Soboba Foundation members worked closely with employees at the Soboba Casino Resort to allow toy donations to be dropped off at the Event Center on six consecutive Tuesdays from Nov. The annual Soboba Gives Back! Toy Drive took a little more planning to implement this year but with the help of many dedicated volunteers, including members of the Soboba Youth Council, lots of children throughout the San Jacinto Valley will have a great new toy this Christmas.

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