As the\u00a0Lakers return to the court on Monday\u00a0to finally resume their season, they will also kick off a week-long donation drive.<\/p>\n
The team announced on Sunday that donation bins would be placed outside\u00a0Crypto.com\u00a0Arena for the upcoming games on Jan. 13, Jan. 15 and Jan. 17.<\/p>\n
Along with bins being outside the arena before games, the UCLA Health Training Center will be collecting donations from Jan. 14-18 from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
Via the team\u2019s press release:<\/strong><\/p>\n Fans attending\u00a0Lakers\u00a0games this week are encouraged to bring new, in-the-package, items to support the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank\u2019s relief efforts. All contributions will assist those impacted by the recent wildfires. Collection bins will be located outside Crypto.com Arena at the Figueroa, Kobe Bryant and Star Plaza entrances. The collections will start when doors open 1.5 hours before tipoff until halftime of each matchup.<\/em><\/p>\n Additionally, the Lakers UCLA Health Training Center (2275 E Mariposa Ave., El Segundo, CA 90245) will serve as a drive-thru donation center Tuesday, Jan. 14, through Saturday, Jan. 18, from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. each day.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The team also provided a list of both food and non-food items needed by the community:<\/p>\n Dave McMenamin of ESPN also provided some further context that this is not a clothing drive.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the\u00a0Lakers return to the court on Monday\u00a0to finally resume their season, they will also kick off a week-long donation drive. The team announced on Sunday that… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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