{"id":32363,"date":"2022-11-19T15:25:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T23:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/local-hearts-foundation-helps-hundreds-with-turkey-giveaway-in-macarthur-park"},"modified":"2022-11-19T15:25:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T23:25:22","slug":"local-hearts-foundation-helps-hundreds-with-turkey-giveaway-in-macarthur-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/news\/local-hearts-foundation-helps-hundreds-with-turkey-giveaway-in-macarthur-park","title":{"rendered":"Local Hearts Foundation helps hundreds with turkey giveaway in MacArthur Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Local Hearts Foundation provides turkey and clothing to hundreds of people at MacArthur Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m0X8EzuZr3o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tito Rodriguez, also known as \u201cHood Santa,\u201d helps families in need year-round. And with the help of his nonprofit, Local Hearts Foundation, Rodriguez continued that commitment this weekend by ensuring families can enjoy a traditional holiday meal.<\/p>\n<p>The organization held its annual Diamonds and Turkeys giveaway on Saturday at MacArthur Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTimes are tough, and people need help,\u201d Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n<p>While the giveaway is held every Thanksgiving and Christmas, this year proved more difficult than in years past.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez said the Local Hearts Foundation gave away about 2,600 turkeys last Thanksgiving, but this year, they distributed just over 1,200. The drop, he said, is directly tied to inflation and the increased cost of turkeys.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to Christmas, Rodriguez said he hopes to get more support to help as many people as possible. He is<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 1rem;\"> unwavering in his efforts to give back and encourages people to donate to the Local Hearts Foundation, which can be done <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.localheartsfoundation.org\/about\">online<\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 1rem;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000079354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000079354\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000079354 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/19124328\/1119-Turkey-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1040\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000079354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tito Rodriguez, also known as &#8220;Hood Santa,&#8221; helps move hundreds of frozen turkeys out of a truck as over 200 volunteers help with the Local Hearts Foundation&#8217;s Diamonds and Turkeys giveaway at MacArthur Park in Long Beach on Saturday, November 19, 2022. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000079355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000079355\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000079355 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/19124332\/1119-Turkey-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1008\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000079355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jorge Estrada tosses a box of food to Hector Rodriguez as over 200 volunteers set up for the Local Hearts Foundation&#8217;s Diamonds and Turkeys giveaway at MacArthur Park in Long Beach on Saturday, November 19, 2022. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000079353\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000079353\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000079353 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/19124324\/1119-Turkey-0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"951\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000079353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of people wait in line at MacArthur Park for a free turkey as over 200 volunteers help with the Local Hearts Foundation&#8217;s Diamonds and Turkeys giveaway in Long Beach on Saturday, November 19, 2022. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/tito-rodriguez-or-hood-santa-gives-back-to-local-youth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Local Hearts Foundation continued its commitment to helping families in need this weekend by ensuring they can enjoy a traditional holiday meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":285,"featured_media":72191,"comment_status":"closed","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":[2002],"tags":[32056],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[31828],"class_list":["post-32363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-turkey-giveaway","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32363","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\/285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32363"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=32363"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=32363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}