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Last year, the 37th annual giveaway included hundreds of toys and dolls,
and more than 200 bicycles.
National City Mayor Ron Morrison has been helping out at the Christmas
giveaway for the past 15 years. "Frank was a big, loving guy who just
wanted to help out neighborhood kids, and it just kept growing and
growing," Morrison said.
Although the Kings didn't have a lot of resources, they did what they
could. "Frank would spend all year fixing up old bikes," Morrison said,
noting that it has been only in the past five years or so that the giveaway
organizers have not been able to hand out new bikes.
The Kings founded a nonprofit organization, Christmas With Kids, in
2000 to accept donations for the program. Charlene King said she and her
husband worried every year about whether they would have enough toys,
but someone would always come through with a contribution.
In the 1992 Union -Tribune interview, Mr. King said that some of children
who were gift recipients in the early years came back when they were
grown and brought him toys to distribute to other neighborhood children.
Frank King was born Dec.13,1938, in Alpena, Mich., to Fred and Valeena
King. He grew up on a farm and joined the Navy after graduating from
high school. The Navy brought him to San Diego, where he stayed and
married the former Charlene York, a young mother with four children.
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Lesley Yamauchi
What an amazing man with a generous heart. I love that he recycled bicycles to kids. Thanks for sharing
this.
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