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This year CFWF focused on three families in Watsonville for Farmworker Family Christmas:
- One family’s home is a converted shed with no potable water in a strawberry field. CFWF volunteers surprised the family with a Christmas tree, ornaments, and gifts to brighten up their uninspiring living situation.
- We provided gifts for a family in which one parent works in the mushroom industry and the other works in the berry industry. 2011 was a difficult year for the family. Thousands of dollars were required to pay for attorney fees and paper processing in order for all family members to obtain legal residency.
- Our third family is a single parent family with three young daughters. Because of the shortage of affordable housing options for year-round Watsonville farmworker residents, many families live in substandard housing situations. The children’s mother has been on a waiting list for two years for an apartment at the two affordable residences designed for low-income workers. In the meantime, she has been virtually homeless; forced to move from place with her daughters while waiting for an affordable apartment. CFWF provided the mother and her three daughters with Christmas gifts from Santa.
Please see photos below:
 
 
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