Marie Coronel is the proud daughter of Filipino parents. Marie grew up in South San Diego and graduated from Eastlake High School in Chula Vista.
He's known to many in San Diego County as the ' Toy Man .' For decades he's made it his mission to collect toys and clothes for those in need.For Jeffrey Olsen, the pictures and cards in his photo albums capture a snapshot of what’s kept him going for the last 36 years: helping children who would normally go without over the holidays.'It makes me feel good to make a child and even the adults too, to be able to have something for Christmas.
That’s where Olsen got the idea of saving his own money to buy gifts for kids who needed it, and he’s been doing it ever since.Throughout the years, he’s helped more than 57,000 kids.But when asked what’s stuck with him over the years, it was helping grant a little boy’s final Christmas wish for a toy.'When they were getting the toys that they were wishing for, and how happy they were until they died. It stayed in me,' said Olsen.
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