The popular Stuff-a-Bus event, organized by ABC7, returns to the Honda Center from 4 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority invites the public to help spread holiday cheer to local children in need by donating toys to the 2023 Stuff-a-Bus event on Friday, Dec. 8.
This year, the annual event returns to the Honda Center parking lot in Anaheim.
The public is encouraged to bring new, unwrapped toys or sporting equipment to the Honda Center parking lot, 2695 E. Katella Avenue, Anaheim (adjacent to Katella and SR-57) from 4 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
In addition to toys and stuffed animals for smaller children, gifts for older children and teenagers such as skateboards, watches and makeup kits and brushes are also welcome.
The toys collected will be distributed to community organizations through the Spark of Love Toy Drive, a program that has collected more than 10 million toys for kids in Southern California since the 1990s.
ABC7 will be on-site to broadcast the event and greet the public, while firefighters and other first responders from across Southern California will help collect the toys and load them into buses, many provided by the Orange County Transportation Authority.
Related toy collections are being held this season in Los Angeles and Ventura counties and the Inland Empire. The Orange County drive has traditionally collected the largest number of toys. At its peak, the event helped fill more than 28 buses full of toys.
This year, sponsors hope to attract a similar outpouring of generosity by returning to the Honda Center, which was the event’s home for most of its history.
