Filmtoys & Project Pop Drop Partner For ‘Hollywood Cares Toy Drive-Up’ For Children’s InstituteSponsors included Jakks Pacific, Mattel and AquahydrateVolunteers included Actors Erin Gavin, Francesco Cuizza, Shaka Smith, Anna Colona, Hari Tahov and comedian Christine PeakeExcited Families picked up toys at the downtown LA Children's Institute from costumed volunteering actors and Project Pop Drop’s ‘Givefluencers’OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY peakPRgroup Excited Families picked up toys at the downtown LA Children's Institute from costumed volunteering actors and Project Pop Drop’s ‘Givefluencers’. Project Pop Drop was created by John David Snyder and Niki Shadrow Snyder. The philanthropic couple and their team bring food, clothing, blankets, toiletries, toys, and many lifesaving supplies to local shelters and organizations that assist people who are experiencing hunger and homelessness. The dynamic couple of Project Pop Drop received the President’s Volunteer Service Award from the White House, along with a gold medal of honor for their work in 2020. They proudly call their generous community, Givefluencers. Said Rachel Wilson - Filmtoys co-founder, “We are so eternally grateful to our incredible many sponsors, Project Pop Drop, Filmtoys, PeakPRGroup, Aquahydrate, Mattel, Jakks Pacific, Filmcraft, Filmtools, Hollywood New Media Academy, Gary Thomas Entertainment, Production Gear Rentals, Quixote Studios, Illuminar, HeyWhatsYourFace, The FunTon, Studio Depot, Food & Bounty, multiple Hollywood stages, local film grips, entertainment organizations and countless individual donors; CII are able to distribute thousands of toys, baby items, hundreds of grocery bags as well as entertain and surprise the families as they drive up or walk up to pick up their items. AboutChildren's Institute Inc. (CII) is a nonprofit organization that provides services to children and families healing from the effects of family and community violence within Los Angeles. Founded in 1906 by Minnie Barton,Los Angeles's first female probation officer, the organization (then named the Big Sister League) was first designed to help troubled young women who found themselves adrift in Los Angeles." The organization has since expanded its services to at-risk youth in Los Angeles who are affected by child abuse, neglect domestic and gang violence as well as poverty. CII is a multi-service organization that combines evidence-based clinical services, youth development programs and family support services designed to address the whole child and entire family. The organization provides various forms of trauma support—including therapy, intervention services, parenting workshops, early childcare programs and other support services offered in English, Spanish and Korean.
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December 12, 2022 8:26pm ET by peakPRgroup |