Santa s Workshop Spreads Christmas Cheer This Weekend; Program Will Offer Toys To Restaurant Workers, Owners
Volunteers with Santa’s Workshop will be hard at work this weekend, distributing gifts to roughly 218 families.
Meanwhile, thanks to Sutter Coast Hospital, Santa’s Workshop will open its doors to restaurant workers and owners Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition to parents being able to pick out toys for their youngsters, they will receive gift cards for gasoline as well as Walmart or Safeway, according to Celia Perez, a board member for Rural Human Services, Santa’s Workshop’s long-time organizer.
“At least it’ll get them out for the day,” she told the Wild Rivers Outpost on Friday. “They can look at lights with their kids or they can go buy a turkey or something for Christmas dinner.”
Pelican Bay inmates will be funding a handful of Christmas wishes this year, after the Pelican Bay Athletic Organization handed out checks to two different gift-giving charities last week.
The organization raises funds from inmates at the Pelican Bay State Prison. The organization brings in food from restaurants and grocery stores, and inmates purchase the food with money they earn in jobs while incarcerated.
The outcome is a substantial chunk of change raised by the organization: With this round of fundraising, the organization donated over $16,000 to Santaâs Workshop in Crescent City and $4,000 to the Oasis Shelter in Gold Beach.