Fulfilling Children’s Holiday Wishes

The Camp Baywatch Foundation provides food, clothing and toys to families in homeless shelters. It needs dolls such as Barbies, action toys for boys ages 3 to 10, sweatpants, shirts and jackets for girls and boys ages 5 to 12, bicycles for kids 4 to teens, soccer balls, basketballs, Walkmans, $20 grocery-store gift certificates. Christmas event at Chernow House Homeless Shelter in East Los Angeles is Dec. 11. Donations drop-off site: Camp Baywatch Foundation, 5301 Beethoven St., Los Angeles, CA 90066; (310) 302-9312.

* Camp Laurel Foundation needs arts and crafts supplies, decorations, new toys and gifts for a holiday party for children with AIDS. For camping, winter clothes, snow-proof gloves and boots, towels, blankets, medical supplies, walkie-talkies and journals for writing. P.O. Box 93204, L.A., CA 90093; (323) 653-5005.

* Caring for Babies With AIDS needs gift certificates for food and clothing as well as for discount and toy stores, educational toys, board games for ages 3 and older, dolls, books for children and young adults, school supplies, passes to movies and theme parks, children’s videotapes, CDs, and cassette tapes. P.O. Box 351535, Los Angeles, CA 90035; (323) 931-9828.

* Catholic Charities of Los Angeles needs all baby items, bunk beds and bedding, toiletries, fax machine, metal folding tables and chairs, education software, new toys, nonperishable food, school supplies, clothes for adults such as underwear, sweaters and woolens. 1531 James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015; (213) 251-3400.

* Century Lift, the after-school tutorial program for disadvantaged children, needs school supplies. Also, prizes, gifts and refreshments for children’s holiday party. 300 Corporate Pointe, Culver City, CA 90230; (310) 642-2029.

* Child Advocates Office of Los Angeles serves abused children under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles dependency court. Needs books for all ages including teenagers. 201 Centre Plaza Drive, Monterey Park, CA 91754; (323) 526-6666.

* Child & Family Guidance Center provides mental health services to abused children. Needs holiday gifts, toys, gift certificates and canned foods by Dec. 8. 9650 Zelzah Ave., Northridge, CA 91325; (818) 993-9311.

* ChildNet Youth and Family Services needs unwrapped toys for abused and at-risk children, infants through 18, for a holiday party. 900 E. Wardlow Road, Long Beach, CA 90804; (562) 426-6039.

* Children Helping Poor and Homeless People needs sleeping bags, raincoats or slickers and ponchos for homeless children, women and men. Nos Amis/Our Friends Inc., 2554 Lincoln Blvd., Venice, CA 90291; (310) 840-4777.

* Children of the Night rescues children from street prostitution. Needs new tennis shoes (mostly girls’ sizes), jeans, Walkman radios, detergent (no bleach). 14530 Sylvan St., Van Nuys, CA 91411; (818) 908-4474.

* Childrens Hospital Los Angeles needs, for infants through toddlers: clothing, stuffed animals, books, puzzles. Children 4 to 11: clothing, books, bikes, games, educational toys, dolls and action figures. Adolescents and young adults: sports equipment, CDs, video games, T-shirts, baseball caps, toiletries. Big wish: Helicopter or used Lear jet for the hospital’s emergency transport program. 4560 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027; (323) 669-2308.

* Children’s Hospital of Orange County needs new books for children including infants, toddlers and preschoolers, for its reading club. 455 S. Main St., Orange, CA 92868; (714) 532-8656.

* The Children’s Lifesaving Foundation and its Project Angel Outreach Program needs new clothing for children 5 to 12, toys for girls and boys 5 to 12, plus clothes or toiletries for teenagers. 6036 Merritt Drive, Malibu, CA 90265; (310) 457-6166.

* The Christopher Sampson Foundation needs used minivans to be converted into wheelchair-accessible vans for paraplegics and quadriplegics. 303 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91502; (818) 569-7448.

* Clare Foundation and its Community Living for Alcoholics by Rehabilitation and Education program would like new toys and clothes for children, women and men, toiletries, bedding, furniture. 1871 9th St., Santa Monica, CA 90404; (310) 314-6211.

* Clinica Para Las Americas provides free medical services to uninsured patients, and needs toys or monetary contributions for a Christmas celebration. 318 S. Alvarado St.; Los Angeles, CA 90057; (213) 273-8704.

* Community Outreach Ministries and Education offers tutoring for children of all ages, and needs toys for girls and boys. Church of the Nazarene, 9520 Telegraph Road, Downey, CA 90240; (562) 945-0662.

* Compton System of Care provides mental health services for children and their families, and needs 50 Barbies and 50 basketballs. 369 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220; (310) 669-9510.

* Crippled Children’s Society of Southern California needs five computers for adult vocational training program, five computers for children’s after-school program and software. 2555 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107; (626) 396-1010.

* Culver City Adult Reading Program needs books, educational materials and toys for children ages 3 to 12 for a Family Literacy Program. 4401 Elenda St., Culver City, CA 90230; (310) 842-4300.

* Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center mental health and substance abuse programs need games, T-shirts, baseball caps, dolls, cars and trucks, clothing, cassettes and CDs, and tricycles for children 4 to 16. For women, babies and youngsters in residence, bedding for twin beds and cribs, towels, bedroom furniture, women’s sleepwear and business attire, computers for job skills training. 4760 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230; (310) 390-6610.

* Dream Street Foundation provides camping programs for children with life-threatening diseases and needs paintbrushes, wooden or plastic beads, a pickup truck, computer games for gifts, laptop computers, video camera. 9536 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; (310) 274-7227 or (800) 55-DREAM.