Erik Estrada, former star of the TV series, “CHIPS,” will help police officers collect toys for children at today’s CHIPS for Kids Toy Drive at Santa Monica Place.
Donated toys, which will be distributed to disadvantaged or hospitalized children in the Los Angeles area, are asked to be new and unwrapped. Upon making a donation, participants will have the opportunity to have their photo taken with Estrada and CHIPS officers while posing in front of a new, high-tech highway patrol motorcycle.
The drive will be sponsored by the California Highway Patrol and will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the mall’s center court. Free three-hour parking is available between Fourth Street and Third Street, off Broadway.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 19, 2003. Read the original PDF.