An Oakland non-profit looking to spread holiday cheer is now in need of some help of its own after hundreds of dollars worth of gifts they were preparing for local children were stolen.
A van filled with holiday presents for children in need is empty after it was ransacked in the Lakeshore neighborhood this week.Get a weekly recap of the latest San Francisco Bay Area housing news.The thief broke the lock to her van, stealing every toy inside. It happened just hours after Johnson had filled it with dozens of gifts.
“I would think anybody who would go in and say ‘let me think about this, may this isn’t the car to rob’ but to see people I don’t want to say necessarily heartless but in such a state it made me really sad,” she said. Johnson is the executive director at Oak Center Cultural Center. She preps the annual giveaway which normally helps around 300 families each year.
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