{"id":2944,"date":"2014-12-05T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/music\/long-beach-independent-hosts-annual-toy-drive-with-concert-2\/"},"modified":"2014-12-05T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T17:53:00","slug":"long-beach-independent-hosts-annual-toy-drive-with-concert-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/music\/long-beach-independent-hosts-annual-toy-drive-with-concert-2","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Independent Hosts Annual Toy Drive and Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d1tct_ZUzHk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p>Year round, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachindependent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Long Beach Independent<\/a> brings smiles to local music lovers, but in December, they also focus on lighting up the lives of children.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32710\" style=\"float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/secret-santa-121214.png\" alt=\"secret-santa-121214\" width=\"300\" \/>For a sixth year, the organization that highlights Long Beach musicians will host Secret Santa&#8217;s Toy Drive, in partnership with Christian Outreach in Action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;COA is on Elm &amp; 3rd street and is a nondenominational, nonprofit organization that has been serving the community for 27 years,&#8221; according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachindependent.com\/2014\/12\/6th-annual-secret-santas-toy-drive-directly-benefits-local-kids\/\">Long Beach Independent&#8217;s website<\/a>. &#8220;They feed the homeless, give out clothing and help people get back on their feet with great programs. 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We have seen the need for this event grow and grow over the years and while we only donate a small portion of their toys it is a great feeling to give directly back to our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The toy drive, which takes place December 12 at the new <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/business\/small-business\/in-pictures-the-popup-holiday-shop-by-made-in-long-beach-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MADE in Long Beach pop up shop<\/a> in Downtown Long Beach, will also include performances by Bobby Blunders, the Black Noise, Forest of Tongue and MOVE.<\/p>\n<p>Admission into the all-ages event is a new, unwrapped toy valued at $5 or more, or a $7 donation at the door\u2014which goes to buying more toys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year round, Long Beach Independent brings smiles to local music lovers, but in December, they also focus on lighting up the lives of children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":68235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[228,1233,1234],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-holidays","tag-long-beach-independent","tag-toy-drive","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2944"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=2944"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}