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Aptos Adopt-A-Family Partner’s with Jacob’s Heart
Every year we look forward to kicking into gear with the Aptos Adopt-A-Family program, it’s a rewarding time at TPG and for our participating community members. TPG and its volunteers adopt local families in circumstances that prevent them from providing Christmas for their families. Full Story page 6
Spreading the Harvest Open any national newspaper to be glum about. But here in Santa Cruz County, Amy, a young mother, recently learned how to live her life without drugs and to feed her family healthy food; Sal, a homeless veteran, now has steady housing and reliable meals throughout the week; and Luz, a mother of schoolaged children, learned more about nutrition, helping her overcome a health condition and improve the wellbeing of her family. Full Story page 5
SC Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ Returns When the Thanksgiving leftovers have been turned into sandwiches, turkey casseroles, and heartwarming soup, we know that it’s time to break out the Christmas decorations. We ‘ll forage through our garages and the crawl space under the stairs to pull out boxes with “XMAS� scribbled on the sides. Soon, houses will be aglow with
holiday lights and sparkly reindeer will take up residence in front yards. We will hang ornaments on trees and misand Latke recipes. Strains of Up on the Housetop will drift through stores, prompting us to buy gifts and colorful wrapping paper. ... continued on page 4
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