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Vandenberg Top 3 members give back to community with gift donation to Boys & Girls Club, Marian Regional Medical Center
By Malea Martin
Vandenberg Air Force Base service members brought a little extra holiday cheer to youth at the Boys & Girls Club and children at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria with a COVID-19 safe gift delivery before Christmas.
For years, Vandenberg has brought more than 100 kids to the base for Operation Kids Christmas, an event that involves gifts, visits with Santa, arts and crafts, and more. But for obvious reasons, COVID-19 put a halt to the holiday tradition this year.
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More than 600 gifts were donated to Santa Barbara County families and foster youth in need thanks to the organization CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates).
Its annual Christmas Wishes drive saw record breaking donations including $6,565 in cash and gift card donations. We have been overwhelmed with the community s response to this year s event, Executive Director Kim Colby Davis said. When we started this years ago, we collected close to 100 gifts. Today, we are happy to announce that more than 600 gifts have been safely collected and donated to children in need this holiday season.