LAKEPORT, Calif. – For the 20th year, Lake County law enforcement agencies partnered to collect and distribute toys to local children who have been crime victims.
On Friday, representatives from agencies including the District Attorney's Office and its Victim-Witness Division, the California Highway Patrol, Clearlake Police Department, Lake County Sheriff's Office, Lakeport Police Departments gathered to pick up and deliver the gifts.
Debbie Wallace, who heads up Victim-Witness, said the county administrative and auditor's offices also adopted families.
As in past years, St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lakeport helped gather many of the gifts, Wallace said.
Wallace and other officials involved in the annual event describe it in the video above.