FUN-TIME DELIVERY; POSTAL WORKERS BUY TOYS FOR FOSTER KIDS.Byline: Sandy Yang yang (yang) [Chinese] in Chinese philosophy, the active, positive, masculine principle that is complementary to yin; see yin, under principle. Staff Writer Postal worker A postal worker is one who works for a post office, such as a mail carrier. In the U.S., postal workers are represented by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union - NPMHU and the American Postal Workers Union, part of the AFL-CIO. Marva Golden delivers holiday packages to the doors and mailboxes of the residents along her route every year. On Friday, Golden and about 15 other postal workers made a side trip to bring gifts to the North Hollywood Children and Family Services Center for children in foster or group homes. ``We want to give kids who are deprived something they want for a change,'' said Golden, who bought a Walkman, dolls and a CD player for four children. ``And it's special with kids who don't have very much . . . We all felt like Santa.'' About 1,000 postal workers from post office branches in North Hollywood, Reseda, Northridge, La Canada Flintridge, San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. and Burbank collected about 1,200 toys, matching them to a list the center put together from the children. A fleet of six postal trucks brought the gifts to the center Friday morning. Santa and his helpers - volunteer postal workers and the center's employees in Santa hats - unloaded the trucks full of basketballs, Elmos, Legos and other toys to be distributed to the children who live in foster homes and group homes, said Donna Haas, Assistant Regional Administrator of Children and Family Services. ``There are so many children who are 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. and forgotten, and we are so pleased the postal employees have given from their hearts, even if they don't see the children they're giving to,'' said Haas. She estimated there are 8,000 children in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. who are served by the center. Started last year by North Hollywood Post Office Manager Bob Swanson There are several well-known men named Bob or Robert Swanson:
``I thought it was the greatest thing in the world, and I thought it could blossom in the Valley,'' said Swanson. Swanson hopes to expand the program to include 10 more post office branches and double the number of toys to be given next year. ``I was totally surprised by the response,'' he said. For more information, call (818) 755-5928. The North Hollywood Children and Family Services Center is located at 12020 Chandler Chandler, city (1990 pop. 90,533), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the Salt River valley; inc. 1920. It is both a residential community and a center for research and technology. Tourism is also important, and the San Marcos Golf Resort is in Chandler. Blvd. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Charles McGrail, a postal carrier from the North Hollywood station, arrives at the North Hollywood Children's Services Center. (2) Astrid Cortes Cortes (kôr`tĕz, Span. kōr`tās), representative assembly in Spain. The institution originated (12th–13th cent.) in various Spanish regions with the Christian reconquest; until the 19th cent. , a postal carrier from the Reseda station, unloads toys at the North Hollywood Children's Services Center. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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