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STOCKTON – Christmas came early for hundreds of underprivileged children, thanks to an annual giveaway that this year took to the streets amid the pandemic.
209 Cares, in partnership with Anderson’s Towing, held a Christmas in the Street party for some 300 children Sunday, knocking on doors and giving out bicycles, scooters, remote-control cars, telescopes and other toys.
“With everything going on, (we) just wanted to be able to make them smile for a day,” Nancy Lamb, president of Stockton 209 Cares, said. “This year unfortunately, due to COVID, we had to take it to the streets.”
Pitching in for the first time this year was Anderson’s Towing, which provided its trucks to cart Santa and the gifts to the children – with the Grinch at the wheel – joined by San Joaquin County Supervisor Miguel Villapudua and District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar.