Name: Dec 13 Christmas Hope - Gift Wrapping Event
Start: 2025-12-13T11:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-13T14:00:00-08:00
Location: Fruitridge Community Collaborative

We did it last year, let's make an impact again this year.

**Gift wrapping** sessions will take place in a large, cleared-out office and warehouse in South Sacramento.

This is for Saturday, Dec 13. There is another event on Wednesday, Dec 17. I signed up 5 volunteer spots for this group on this Dec 13 date. If I get more people to rsvp, I'll sign up for more or sign up a different date if this date is full. Please do your best to commit to this when you sign up as these volunteer spots are reserved.

Christmas hope brings hope and joy to families in need during the holiday season. They currently have about 40 families in need of adoption. As volunteers of this event, we will be wrapping gifts for "Santa" to drop off to the families on Christmas day.

Here is one of the MANY heartwarming stories from past "Santa" visits.

"Family 302
This was a small family, with a single mom and an 11-year-old boy. Their profile mentioned that the dad had been deported and that Mom was battling cancer. The boy opened the door and let me in, pleasantly surprised to see Santa. Mom, unaware, came out of the bathroom and got scared. I assured her that today was Christmas Eve and that I was supposed to be there, but she was very nervous and kept asking her son if he knew what was going on. I opened my bag and gave them each their gift, which calmed her a little. I then asked the boy how his year had been, and he got sad and started crying. He mentioned that he really missed his dad. I told him I was sorry he had a rough year, and I was hoping to help him feel a little better. He followed me to the door and was quite surprised to see the many bags. Once all the gifts were inside, his mom lost it and was crying loudly. I offered to have a photo taken with the boy, and he got up and left for the bathroom. I thought perhaps he went to straighten out his hair, but instead, he came out with tissue for his crying mom. She barely could hold her hand still, shaking so much from the emotions, but the photos were taken and Santa left this wonderfully sweet boy with a knot in his throat."

Here's the link with additional information to the organization:

[[californiachristmashope.org](http://californiachristmashope.org/)]([https://californiachristmashope.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00beb52318d93229e90e7598b&id=19e39f6818&e=dc8b6f2b4f](https://californiachristmashope.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00beb52318d93229e90e7598b&id=19e39f6818&e=dc8b6f2b4f)) / secret code: hope4all

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