BURBANK TEMPORARY AID CENTER DISCOVERS TOYS STOLEN.Byline: Daniel Taub Daily News Staff Writer When the Burbank Temporary Aid Center was broken into in February, executive director Cherie Combs was relieved that nothing appeared to be missing and that the only damage was to chains and locks. The center immediately got new bolt-cutter-proof locks and chains, and Combs considered herself lucky. Or at least, she did consider herself lucky. Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, a worker looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a toy for a needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. child discovered that the center's storage shed - which had been stacked Stacked is an American television sitcom that premiered on Fox on April 13, 2005. On May 18, 2006, Stacked was cancelled, leaving five episodes unaired in the United States. The last episode aired on January 11, 2006. to the ceiling with Barbie dolls Barbie doll popular dress-up doll; extremely conventional and feminine. [Am. Hist.: Sann, 179] See : Fads , train sets, tricycles, and other toys and games - was empty. ``There isn't even a scrap of cardboard on the floor,'' Combs said. Combs said that the toys - which were new and in their original packages, and worth between $1,000 and $2,000 - must have been taken during the break-in in late February. ``It was full right up to the ceiling,'' Combs said of the 6-foot-by-12-foot metal shed, which did not appear in February to have been broken into. ``We had the toys stacked real neatly in cardboard boxes cardboard box n → caja de cartón cardboard box n → (boîte f en) carton m cardboard box card n → . But they had to have had a vehicle.'' The toys, which also included radios and toddler riding toys, are given to needy children at Christmastime and throughout the year. Tuesday was the first time since the break-in that a worker needed to give a new toy to a child. ``I just don't understand people who steal from children. These toys were given to children who were in crisis environments,'' Combs said. ``None of these (toys) can be replaced. These were donated - they were brand new,'' she said. Combs said that the center - which supplies food, clothing and emergency shelter Emergency shelters are places for people to live temporarily when they can't live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters. The main difference is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as battered vouchers to the needy and homeless from its 1304 W. Burbank Blvd. location - has a small supply of used toys, but that most of them are heavily used and missing parts. The shed contained all of the center's new toys, Combs said. ``There are times when we feel a brand new toy can cheer a child up and make a difference in that particular point in their lives,'' she said. Anyone with information on the burglary burglary, at common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony, whether the intent is carried out or not. is asked to call the center at (818) 846-2330, or Burbank police at (818) 238-3000. |
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