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# Red Cross, fire department get in giving spirit
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/red-cross-fire-department-get-in-giving-spirit/
- Published: 2003-12-25T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:24:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Working in collaboration with the City of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Fire Department and Virginia Park, the Santa Monica Red Cross distributed more than 1,200 toys to needy families at their chapter last Saturday. The event began at 10 a.m. and included free breakfast and dance performances by youth groups from Virginia Park. More than 285 children had received toys at the conclusion of the festivities at 2 p.m.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 25, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/122503.pdf?ref=smdp.com)