Flood of donations after toy theft means 1,600 underprivileged San Antonio kids get toys instead of 60 Friday theft before toy distribution to kids at Alazan Apache Court spurred many San Antonians to give Tags: SAN ANTONIO – As cars snaked past the San Antonio Housing Authority office Wednesday to be loaded with presents, it capped off a San Antonio holiday story fit for a movie. “It’s the classic story of how the Grinch stole Christmas and Whoville. We became Whoville, or the North Pole -- whatever,” said SAHA Director of Community Development Initiatives Joel Tabar with a chuckle. The piles of toys handed out to children living in SAHA public housing properties were there, ironically enough, because of a theft, which ignited the city’s generosity in a big way. After thieves took toys from an event meant to benefit 60 kids at the Alazan Apache Courts, a flood of donations from churches, private companies and other organizations allowed SAHA to provide toys to 1,600 children from across its public housing properties -- far more than the original plan.