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Industry Joins Forces to Bring Christmas to Local Children

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The Cooper Design Space's Steve Hirsh and The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising's Barbara Bundy

The Textile Association of Los Angeles and the California Fashion Foundation hosted the 66th Annual Christmas Party for local boys and girls organizations on Dec. 11 at the Cooper Design Space in downtown Los Angeles.

The Cooper’s top-floor penthouse was filled with music and children’s happy voices at the party, which featured Radio Disney deejays, plenty of food and treats, and a visit from Santa, who handed out gift bags filled with presents for the children.

The guests were children from local organizations and after-school programs, including Para Los Niños, the Dolores Huerta Elementary School, the Boys & Girls Club of Los Angeles and the Boys & Girls Club of East Los Angeles.

This year’s event honored the late Hal Kaltman, a past president of TALA and longtime supporter of the holiday party. His daughters, Amy Kaltman-Kraft and Karyn Lee, were on hand to make sure the party was a success.

Among the companies that donated toys were CTS, Puzzled and Mattel while the California Market Center, Dale Zizi and Gerald Seibel provided the decorations that turned the space into a festive holiday scene. Gifts and food were provided by Barbara and Dale Zizi, Beall’s Inc., California Marketing Associates, Defiance USA, Globalrebels.com, Market restaurant, Mrs. Grossman’s Paper Co., Luna Bars, PopChips, KWDZ Manufacturing Inc. and Workman Publishing. Several companies and individuals provided financial support for the party, including American Business Bank, Chraft PR, Cooper Design Space, Creative Intellects, Design Knit Inc., Ed and Fran Handler, Fineman West & Co., Karen Kane Inc., Ragfinders of California, STC-QST LLC, Stony Apparel, The Janel Group, Union Bank, and Zappos. The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) donated the gift bags and the T-shirts worn by the party chaperones.