COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS
Gilroy Community Happenings …
We are so fortunate to live in a community with so much heart. There never seems to be a shortage of places to go, people to see, and organizations to support.
As you will see in the following pages, these past few months have provided an abundance of all of the above. Gilroy Today is happy to include as many of these wonderful events and activities within its pages, as space allows. And we encourage community organizations and businesses to let us know about their efforts to support our community. We thank them for continuing to make Gilroy a wonderful place to live and raise a family.
SAINT PATRICK’ S DAY
Presented by Saint Joseph’ s Family Center
Each spring, Saint Joseph’ s Family Center holds an annual Saint Patrick’ s Dinner celebration! This event helps raise awareness about the issue of hunger in our community and proceeds help support SJFC’ s food and nutrition programs, including the Lord’ s Table. Over 230 attended this year and the event raised over $ 30,000.
Saint Joseph’ s Family Center has been in existence for 32 years, and served over 7,200 unduplicated individuals during the fiscal year 2011-2012. Their mission is to alleviate hunger and homelessness in South Santa Clara County by providing food, housing and employment related services, and advocating for system changes to improve the quality of life for the most vulnerable people in our communities.
Photos provided by St. Joseph’ s Family Center
2010 and 2012 GIANT’ S TROPHIES VISITS GILROY
Over 300 local Giants fans had the opportunity to see and be photographed with the SF Giants World Series Trophies. The stop in Gilroy was part of a three-month tour of the trophies sponsored by Ban of America. Locations with a Junior Giants program were given preference. The Mexican American Community Services Agency, MACSA, runs the local Junior Giants program and hosted the event. Christina Soto, manager of Child and Family Services for MACSA, advises they already have almost 180 sign-ups for 270 places for the local Junior Giants program which is supported by the Giants Community Fund and offers a baseball related program that teaches children confidence and leadership, and links adult mentors with the participants. The goal of the program is to develop an understanding of the importance of literacy and healthy living.
RIGHT: Tracey and Jessica Sustaita, long time Giants fans.
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