Placer and El Dorado county residents will have an opportunity to support military families by donating toys for children.
Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, will sponsor a "Toys for the Troops' Kids" during mobile district office hours in Placerville, Cameron Park, Auburn, Rocklin and Roseville. The kick-off event is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at Placerville Town Hall, 549 Main St., Placerville.
"Our troops and military personnel are not the only ones affected while serving our country," Gaines said in a news release. "The families who are left behind are also impacted. And Toys for the Troops' Kids is a wonderful way to put a smile on the children of those military members and their families during the holidays, one of the most emotionally difficult times to be away from home."
New, unwrapped toys dropped off from Nov. 9 through Dec. 22 will be delivered to children of deployed military personnel.
Toys for the Troops' Kids was launched in 2003 by Sacramento veterans and others as a way to recognize and honor the sacrifice that military troops and their families make during the holidays, Todd Dierdorff, president of the program, said in the news release.
Mobile office hours and toy collections:
• Cameron Park, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Cameron Park Community Center, 2502 Country Club Drive.
• Rocklin, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 18, Rocklin Library, 5460 Fifth St.
• Roseville, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 24, Roseville Veterans Memorial Hall, 110 Park Drive.
• Auburn, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 7, Beecher Room at the Auburn-Placer County Library, 350 Nevada St.
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