CFF, TALA holiday party for neighborhood children
CFF and TALA Celebrate 67th-Annual Holiday Party for Neighborhood Kids
The kids knew all the answers to the “Frozen” quiz. In fact, most raised their hands before deejay Christina Dimakides finished asking the question about the award-winning Disney movie. Dimakides and her fellow former Radio Disney deejays, Jennifer Tate and Heather Daughtry,
led the group in a “freeze dance” to the theme song from “The Lego Movie,” “Everything Is Awesome.” Then the children piled into the photo booth to take
pictures wearing funny hats and sunglasses.
It was all part of the scene at the 67th annual Holiday Party, hosted by the California Fashion Foundation (CFF) and the Textile Association of Los Angeles (TALA) and held Dec. 17 on the top floor of the Cooper Design Space in Los Angeles.
Children from four after-school centers and nonprofits—including the Boys & Girls Club of East Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club, Para Los Niños and the Virginia Road Elementary School—filled the
space, which was decorated with a veritable forest of sparkly Christmas trees and holiday decorations provided by the Dale Domnick Zizi
showroom. All that was missing was the snow.
Volunteers served the kids a meal of hot dogs and mac and cheese, followed by mini cupcakes and other treats.
It was a very festive party, but the highlight for the kids was the visit from Santa, who gave each child a gift bag filled with toys, clothing and other
gifts.
Among the event’s sponsors were the California Market Center, CIT, the Cooper Design
Space, Creative Intellects, Design Knit Inc., Fineman West & Co. LLP, J.T. Design Studio/Eight Sixty, Karen Kane, KWDZ Manufacturing, Ragfinders of California, the Rags for Riches Foundation, Velvet, Merchant Factors, The Janel Group, STC-QST and the Ben and Joyce Eisenberg Foundation.
