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# Firefighters help local families By Daily Press staff
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/firefighters-help-local-families-by-daily-press-staff/
- Published: 2003-01-04T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T01:16:11.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The Santa Monica Fire Fighters selected 40 local families, which includes 121 children who have received assistance for the holidays. Each family received a food basket, with a money order and gifts for their children less than 18 years old.

This event is a yearly favorite of many firefighters, from buying and wrapping the children’s presents to delivering them personally to the families. On Dec. 21-22, off-duty firefighters assembled the baskets at Santa Monica fire station No. 5 and began delivering at 7:30 a.m.

Albertson’s Markets, KB Toys (Santa Monica Place), Santa Monica City Employees’ Federal Credit Union, Connections For Kids, LA County Low Income Housing, Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica, John Muir Elementary and St. Anne’s church contributed to the effort.

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of Santa Monica Fire Department (Left to right) Back row: Scott Waterman, Dale Hallock, Shawn Conniff, Milo Garcia, Mike McElvaney. (Photo: Photo courtesy)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 4, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/010403.pdf?ref=smdp.com)