San Jose Home Makers Distribute Gifts to Migrant Children
More than 300 children received toys, books and stuffed animals.
In their world, there's no debating whether to get the X-Box or the Playstation. These children feel lucky to receive something as simple as a book or a stuffed animal for Christmas. "If it wasn't for this, they'd probably have no gifts to open on Christmas morning," said Jose Tamez, the maintenance supervisor for the San Jose Mission, a housing complex on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Dover for migrant farmworkers operated by Catholic Charities. Tamez was referring to the efforts of the San Jose Home Makers, a ministry of St. Stephen Catholic Church in Valrico, which provides furnishings to migrant farmworkers in Eastern Hillsborough County to help them establish permanent households. With the philosophy that no one should sleep…
