![]() “It took us four days to fill the church with donations, and four hours to empty it,” said Kelly Coleman, Chair of the STEAC Holiday Program. On a bright and sunny Saturday, December 11th, 2021, pre-qualified recipients lined up in their cars at the First Baptist Church of Davis for a drive-through distribution of hand-selected food and gifts donated by Davis families, groups, and individuals who “adopted” them for the holidays. STEAC, the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee, brought the spirit of the season to 476 households through its 54th Annual Holiday Program. ![]() Special to The Enterprise, December 28, 2021 We are so thankful to work with Li Yao at Empower Yolo Harmony Scopazzi, Becky Morigo and Synda Whitmer at Davis Community Meals and Housing Jeni Price at NAMI Rachel Nervo at the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Tiffany Cruz at Summer House Shelley Arizaga at Hope Cooperative and Yvonne Page and Jamallah Green at Davis Respite Center.Īnd, of course, we are incredibly grateful for the individuals, families, groups and organizations that banded together to support STEAC or adopt our 464 low-income individuals and families. Tiffany Clements at The Home Depot in Woodland, coordinated a donation of two Christmas trees with lights which provided décor during the week, and were delivered to two raffle winners at the end of Distribution Day. Each year we are awed by the hundreds of handmade blankets from Project Linus of Yolo County, led by Diane McGee. James Church parishioners and our partnership with Salvation Army of Davis. The families benefitted from the donations of gift cards from St. STEAC would like to thank Scott Love with the Yolo County Library and Scott Thompson with DJUSD for allowing us to host qualification sessions at the Davis library branches and providing access to laptop computers. STEAC is very grateful to the staff and congregation of First Baptist who donate their facilities and grounds for an entire week. ![]() In all, there were 125-plus volunteers who invested their time and energy to distribute all food and gifts to our cherished recipients. Their smiling faces and positive attitudes made one of the most weather-challenged Distribution Days in recent memory a success. 10, recipients lined up in their cars at the First Baptist Church of Davis for a drive-through distribution of food and gifts donated by Davis families, groups and individuals who “adopted” them for the holidays.įirst, I want to thank the volunteers who braved the weather on Saturday to make sure all the donations made it into the recipients’ cars. Not even pouring rain or severe wind gusts could dampen the holiday spirit as the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee held its 55th annual Holiday Program Distribution Day. All articles were published in the Davis Enterprise unless otherwise noted. ![]()
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