Children's Institute, Inc.: News Article: The Mattel Holiday Festival For Children's Institute 2011

December 30, 2011

The Mattel Holiday Festival For Children's Institute 2011

Deborah Dicochea from the event’s title sponsor Mattel presents CII’s Senior VP of Development Dr. Jeffrey Catania with a check, celebrating alongside other CII supporters.

As CII grows, so does the agency’s holiday festival! This year was particularly special as we hosted more children and families than ever before with the opening of our new headquarters, the Otis Booth Campus, near downtown Los Angeles. Spanning three days in December, festivities took place at both the headquarters and CII’s Burton E. Green Campus in Torrance. Thanks to Festival Title Sponsor Mattel Children’s Foundation’s donation of 6,000 toys, every child who attended received a special gift. Significant financial contributions from Mattel and from CII’s premier support group, The Colleagues, made much of the event possible.

Other major sponsors included El Pollo Loco Charities who provided meals for the thousands of clients who attended; LA Photo Party for making sure that everyone left the event with a special family portrait; The Bandai Foundation for a significant financial contribution, and long-standing supporters Friends of CII, who hosted their annual toy drive for the 25th year! (Please see our list of additional event sponsors below.) Most importantly, the more than 500 staff, corporate and community volunteers made sure that the three events were the best possible celebrations for our children and families.

OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO ALL!

*Additional 2011 Holiday Festival Sponsors: *

• 2B Communications
• Accenture
• AECOM Technology Corp.
• The Bell Family Foundation
• Bonerts Pies
• Books and Cookies
• The CHIPS Support Group
• Christina Caruso
• The City of Torrance
• The Colleagues
• The Collins Family Foundation
• CorpInfo Services
• Financial Additions
• Haitbrink Asphalt Paving, Inc.
• Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
• James Event Productions
• KPMG
• Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe
• Mary Collins
• Newman Family Foundation
• Northrop Grumman
• PPW, Inc.
• Shelter Partnership
• Toys 4 Tots
• CII Board of Trustees

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