CHiPs For Kids Kicks Off In Southwest Riverside County

SOUTHWEST RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA ? The annual California Highway Patrol toy drive for less fortunate children in the Temecula area and across the state is underway.

The toy drive, known as CHiPs for Kids, is a collaboration between CHP and Walgreens, allowing residents to drop off new, unwrapped toys at any CHP office or Walgreens store until Dec. 16.

Uniformed CHP officers will then distribute the donated toys during the week leading up to Christmas.

The CHiPs for Kids toy drive started over 38 years ago in Los Angeles when a group of CHP officers banded together and decided to help the less fortunate children living in the communities they served, according to the agency.

The program has since been adopted by nearly every CHP office in the state, including the CHP Temecula area office, which has participated for over two decades.