More than 500 South Los Angeles foster families with young children and college-age youth will receive free meals, groceries and diapers at Operation Love: Care Packages for Families held as supplies last at at 3 p.m. on Sept. 2 in the Western Avenue parking lot entrance of Los Angeles Southwest College, 1600 W. Imperial Hwy.
The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank will donate grocery bags, and the Good+Foundation will give away boxes of diapers. A limited amount of virtual school supplies also will be handed out to families during the event. In addition to foster families, the event is open to South Los Angeles residents who are currently in need of critical supplies.
Operation Love is a series of food and diaper distribution events in South Los Angeles, and the September 2nd event is the fifth giveaway of the series. The events are held to provide life sustaining resources for those impacted by the child welfare system. Operation Love is coordinated by Faith Foster Families Network (3FN), and the event series is sponsored by the Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, Kilroy Realty, and Blue Shield Promise Health.
