On December 18, 2017 at 9:30AM, members from the Colton Police Officers Association arrive at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, (ARMC), to deliver toys, candy canes and Christmas cheer to kids and families spending the holidays in the hospital. Santa Claus will make a special appearance throughout the hospital starting in the lobby, emergency department, and into the pediatrics unit. Assisting the police department will be members of the Colton High School Cheerleading Squad and the Colton High School Marching Band.
Operation Giving is a holiday tradition of the Colton Police Officers Association. Each year officers support families in need and senior citizen groups by delivering Christmas trees, meals, and presents. Members of the media are encouraged to join Arrowhead Regional Medical Staff, city/county leaders and the Colton Police Officers Association on Monday Morning at 9:30 AM, afterward the department traveled to homes of families in need with the Colton Joint Unified School Districts’ Student Services Division.
Over 700 toys were donated by the Living 4 Giving Foundation and the Colton Police Officers Association. These toys were be wrapped by students in the departments CART Academy and hand delivered by uniformed Officers from Colton PD, ARMC Security and Santa Claus.