SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY
SAN FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTERS TOY PROGRAM A LONG HISTORY OF HELPING FAMILIES IN NEED Founded in 1949 by a handful of Firefighters, the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has evolved into the City's largest and the nation's oldest year-round toy program of its kind. Driven by active and retired Local 798 Firefighters, Toy Program volunteers, and businesses that donate their time and resources, each year the Toy Program distributes over 200,000 toys to disadvantaged Bay Area children. In addition to helping individual families in need, the Toy Program serves many community organizations, including shelters for abused women and children, inner-city schools, children’s cancer wards, and pediatric units. The Toy Program also responds on a year-round basis to displaced families who become victims of fires, floods, and other life-changing disasters.
CHILDREN’S TOY AND BOOK FESTIVAL In December, the Toy Program was happy to partner with the San Francisco Department of Child Support Services and Mayor London Breed to welcome back local school kids to the Children’s Toy and Book Festival. Due to the pandemic, this annual event had to be cancelled, but fortunately this past year we were able to welcome over 1,200 local children to City Hall where they received a new, unwrapped toy, a book, and a photo with San Francisco Firefighters and Santa Claus.
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