Toyota employees donate gifts to children

Employees of Toyota of Huntington Beach bought more than $13,000 worth of gifts last week and donated them to Olive Crest, a foster care organization for abused, neglected and at-risk kids.

The toys, bikes, gift cards and even a yearlong pass at Disneyland will go the children for Christmas. While they won’t be from Santa, they will be the only presents some of these kids get, said Sanford Otsuji, executive director of the Olive Crest Foundation.

The West Coast-based organization with facilities in Orange County, provides safe homes, counseling and education for parents and kids. Olive Crest serves about 1,000 children a day, Otsuji said. The gifts will go to the organization’s Family Resource Center in Bellflower.

The car dealership has been donating for more than nine years.

— Britney Barnes