How you can brighten a kid's day in Avenal on Valentine's Day

AVENAL, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Avenal Police Department is encouraging donations to dispersed immoderate emotion this Valentine's Day.

Police announced connected Monday that their officers volition beryllium extracurricular the Dollar General adjacent Skyline Boulevard and San Joaquin Street collecting teddy carnivore donations. The stuffed plushies donated should beryllium caller oregon mildly used.

Once collected, officers accidental the stuffed plushies volition beryllium distributed to the children of Avenal successful hopes of brightening their day.

Donations tin besides beryllium dropped disconnected astatine the Avenal Police Department astatine 317 E. Alpine Street.