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Mayor Eric Garcetti and wife to help fill gift bags to deliver to homeless seniors

Mayor Eric Garcetti and his wife will join volunteers at the Los Angeles Convention Center today to fill gift bags to be delivered to about 4,500 homebound seniors.

The gifts are the result of a fundraising drive, launched by the mayor’s wife, Amy Elaine Wakeland, to replace 2,000 care packages destroyed Dec. 8 in a fire that razed an under-construction, 1-million-square-foot-plus apartment building in downtown.

“This outpouring of support shows that L.A. is truly a city of angels,” Wakeland said. “Mayor Garcetti and I want to thank everyone who contributed their time and money to spreading some holiday cheer to our neighbors in need.”

The fundraising effort raised more than $180,000, exceeding the original goal of replacing the 2,000 packages, and brought in enough funds to pay for gifts for all 4,500 seniors who receive home-delivered meals through a city Department of Aging program.

Volunteers are needed to stuff the gift bags with blankets, slippers, toiletries, postage stamps and playing cards, as well as write holiday notes to the seniors.

There will be two volunteer shifts, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., mayoral aides said.

Those interested can sign up at http://www.lamayor.org/volunteer.

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