CITIZEN ALERT
Operation Blue Santa seeks your help
The Austin Police Department’s Operation Blue Santa needs volunteers to join in the fun of delivering packages to families and children starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, December 14, 2013. Those wishing to volunteer do not need to sign up ahead of time; they can pick up packages at the Operation Blue Santa headquarters located at 4101 South Industrial Drive, Suite 260.
This event will occur regardless of the weather.
Remote Site volunteers wishing to deliver can pick up packages at 8 a.m., Saturday, December 14, 2013 at the following locations:
Central East Substation-812 Springdale Road, Austin, TX 78702
Jaime Padron North Substation-12425 Lamplight Village Ave., Austin, TX 78758
Clinton Hunter South Substation-404 Ralph Ablanedo Dr., Austin, TX 78748
Those going to the remote sites are asked to proceed to the main warehouse after the satellite deliveries are completed. Remember only a few hundred deliveries will occur from aforementioned Sub-Stations. Several thousand deliveries will occur at the main warehouse.
Operation Blue Santa is a charitable outreach effort created in 1972 by two APD patrol officers who realized that some families in their area would not have gifts or food for their children at Christmas. The distribution began with 20 families from the back of a patrol car. Today, Operation Blue Santa serves more than 3,800 families with 14,000 children receiving gifts during the holiday season.
For more information about Operation Blue Santa visit www.bluesanta.org.