By now most of us are getting a little tired of hearing about Christmas, but this is one short story that we all want, and need, to hear about. On December 22 my six year old son and I went to the Saca center on Del Paso Blvd. This day is one of the most memorable days of the year as we were able to witness a true Christmas miracle that most people only see in the classic Christmas movies. What we saw was the Saca center giving an awesome Christmas to over 274 families in the surrounding neighborhood of Del Paso Heights. Most of these families came from the local neighborhood of the Saca center, probably clients of their Community center and Mother Baby program. It is especially nice that this event happened in the neighborhood, which allows the neediest families to have a Great Christmas.
     What I observed was two rooms, each bigger than my own apartment, filled waist high with toys and other gifts. All of these gifts were pre-wrapped by volunteers and ready to go. The sight of it all looked like the true location for Santa’s workshop! Busy going about to hand out the gifts were Genevieve, Sacra Center Program Director and Chris, Saca Center Volunteer, both of them seemed to have a constant smile and genuine warmth coming from their affect.
     It made my day to see that every family that signed up for Christmas presents received not just something, but a pile of gifts for their family. One man came to pick up gifts for an infant and a toddler, unfortunately they could not be identified from the sign up sheet, but that was not a problem. Staying in the spirit of Christmas Genevieve and Chris “put something together on the spot” and the man left with a bag of gifts bigger than he could carry. No family or person was turned away even if their name was not on the “good list”.
     Personally, I consider it a blessing to have seen such an event. There is nothing greater than to see the success of a Christmas assistance program giving a bag of gifts to children and seeing the wide eyed and excited kid’s pulling a bag of presents bigger than they are. Once again the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services is the supreme local charity organization. The SFBFS is the best place to give our donations and volunteer time. And I, OneFathersLove, am committed to supporting the SFBFS. A special thanks is given to “Genevieve and Chris” for this Great Christmas story.