• Spark of Love for Kids

Posted by: kidhelper on Friday, December 7th, 2007

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The Long Beach Fire Department sponsors an annual Toy Drive, called Spark of Love, for underprivileged children in Long Beach. This successful Toy Drive has been going on for fifteen years. However this year, The Daily Grill co-sponsored the December Kick-Off Night for the Toy Drive by providing free appetizers for all and a $10 gift card, if patrons brought in an unwrapped toy valued over $20 for the cause.

Madison was there too… Our son, Kevin, is the General Manager of this Daily Grill, so our family was invited to share in the fun evening. The Mayor of Long Beach, was the guest of honor, the senator of the area, the fire chief, along with lots of firemen of the city. The newspaper representitives were there, along with many of the corporate officers of Grill Concepts, the owners of the Daily Grill.

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At first, Kevin’s daughter, Madison, was a little wary of Santa Claus, who came for a surprise visit. She calls him “Ho, Ho.” Madison was the only child there, but being with her parents and grandparents helped her warm up to Santa.

It was a lot of work Kevin and his crew to prepare food for 200 guests. Corporate officers were real pleased with Kevin’s effort to prepare the restuarant for this festive evening. And by the way, had nothing but fine things to say about how our son is doing as the General Manager there. Of course, the food was absolutely wonderful and tasty. It was really a full meal, all you wanted to eat, with choice beverages and desserts a plenty.

This Toy Drive will continue the next weeks before Christmas for other businesses and local families to respond with more toys. This is a good program for the poor and needy kids of Long Beach. They have captured the hope of the program with their title a Spark of Love. It reminded me of the song…”it only takes a spark to get a fire going…”

The Spark of Love program for the kids of Long Beach was launched in fine style, thanks to Kevin.

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