Hundreds of laid-off workers receive holiday meals, toys for children [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
Hundreds of cars packed the Padres’ tailgate parking lot in downtown San Diego Thursday — not to cook hotdogs or cheer on the team — but to receive holiday meals and toys for children.
Around 700 cars, many driven by unemployed workers, came to the distribution event on Thursday. Volunteers placed boxes of canned goods, sacks of potatoes, bags of apples and a large turkey in each trunk.
“It’s so heartbreaking to see this many cars, this many people … knowing how much people are really hurting,” said Nancy Sasaki, president and CEO of United Way of San Diego County, before bagging a turkey and placing it in the trunk of a car.