The Louisiana Child Welfare Training Academy at Southeastern to collect toys for foster children
Friday, November 9, 2018
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Health and Human
Sciences and College of Business, along with the Association of Latin American Students
and the Louisiana Child Welfare Training Academy, are sponsoring a toy drive for children
in the foster care system from infant to 17 years of age.
Donations will be accepted at the Louisiana Child Welfare Training Academy, located
on Southeastern’s campus in White Hall, room 28-131, and in the College of Business
in Garrett Hall, room 75, through Dec. 7. Drop off times are 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
– Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gabriela Pacheco, training/grants coordinator at the Louisiana Child Welfare
Training Academy, said there are 822 children in foster care in the local region.
“We want to make a difference this Christmas and bring joy,” said Pacheco. “Please
help us collect new, unwrapped toys to bring Christmas to children in the foster care
system and give them a toy for a smile.”
Suggested gifts, Pacheco added, include dolls, bikes, musical toys, gift cards,
hand held computer games, perfumed body lotions or soaps, scooters, jewelry and craft
kits, video games, diaries, Lil Ponies, drawing and sketching kits, or any hand held
toys, such as rubix cubes, match box cars, trucks, and trains.
For more information, contact Pacheco at gabriela.pacheco@southeastern.edu.
