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Students Collect Toys for JoyJars

New toys needed to spread hope, joy and love to children battling cancer.

's student council and Peer Assisted Leaders program will begin a JoyDrive on April 30.

Students are encouraged to donate new toys to fill JoyJars— a program started by 12-year-old Jessica Joy Rees, a Rancho Santa Margarita resident who . Canyon Vista hopes to spread Jessie's message to NEGU (Never Give Up!).

Rees wanted to spread hope, joy and love to other kids fighting cancer. After her JoyJars are filled with new toys they are given to children in hospitals.

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The Canyon Vista JoyDrive takes place April 30-May 4.


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