Festival Alegre, December 2021
Festival Alegre
Festival Allegre was a San Jose community event that GTX Connect was happy to help with. We helped with food and drink and hired Mariachi Jalisco to serenade the neighborhood.
We played la lotería with prizes provided by La Plaza Market, Sugar Mommy’s and All Things Kids.
Thanks also to neighbors Terry Pagan, Linda Barton and Glenda Herbert for coming up with the idea and helping to get this event going!
In 2019, when safety and isolation filled the hearts of our nation, our local community was experiencing intense feelings of uncertainty and desperation as we attempted to protect ourselves and our children from the novel Coronavirus. Parents and students alike were all carrying the heavy burden of navigating a new way of life. Living as an asymptomatic carrier only to spread it to our vulnerable loved ones was at the height of our fears.
As public schools started opening and parents were going back to work, the prospect of physically attending school became a punishing choice for some families. Facilities 4 Families (F4F) sought to confront this problem by hosting remote learning in a “pod” environment. Our mission was to mitigate the viral spread amongst school aged children by providing a safe and reliable space for remote learning. As it turned out, children who attended our program had fewer daily exposures than their peers attending on campus; in fact, all our staff and students remained Coronavirus free during its operation.
A very special Thank You to the volunteers and all of our sponsors for your support during this critical time.
We couldn't have made this possible without your help!
