This year's Fiesta celebration came together in a glorious manner due to all the wonderful donations and volunteers that allowed us to serve a home cooked meal of pozole and give gifts to all the adults and children who attended.

Many thanks to the restaurants that donated food for our special meal:

Cabo Seafood Grill & Cantina - 1041 Oxnard Blvd., Oxnard
Corrale's Mexican Food - 1951 E. Thompson Blvd., Ventura
Evita's Mexican Cafe - 3868 E. Main St., Ventura
Sal's Mexican Inn - 1041 S. Oxnard Blvd, Oxnard

Through the generosity of the above restaurants we were able to provide a delicious meal of pozole with chips, salsa, limes and onions. Please patronize these restaurants when you are looking for a great Mexican meal!

Special thanks to:

Martha Angeles of Direct Relief in Goleta for donating full size bottles of sunscreen, soaps, lotions and shampoos!
Rebecca Shank of the Great Pacific Childcare Center for donating snuggly, warm Patagonia blankets!
Karol Schulkin for donating 36 beautiful fleece blankets - and always coming through when we need her!

We were able to provide gifts for more than 400 families because of these generous donations.

Thank you to Professor Mayo de la Rocha and  the Ventura College, Oxnard College and CSUCI MEChA's for organizing a toy drive that provided toys for hundreds of children!

Thank you to Rebecca Patton and the Pepperdine Jump Start Program for providing volunteers and crafts. The children enjoyed make paper plate wreaths, bows and Fruit Loop necklaces (always a favorite).