A Texan Christmas charity break-in led to more giving from the community.
The San Antonio community is lifting the spirits of its families in need after hearing about hundred of Christmas gifts being stolen during a break-in. Despite this conflict, a Christmas miracle will still pave the way later on their day.
Joel Tabar, director of the Community Development Initiatives said that when they see something unfortunate happen, mainly when they are trying to do good during the holidays, and when they see the people bounce back and show their support, he said that it feels like a Christmas miracle.
The break-in
Tabar said that someone broke into their community room and stole half of the already donated gifts for an event scheduled a day before, on Saturday.
The gifts that were stolen were for charity and were meant for children from the community who might otherwise not have any presents.
Tabar said that they were trying to provide toys for parents to give to their children. But, the night before their toy drive, someone broke into their room and stole half of the toys that they were meant to give for the following day.
The annual Alazan toy giving and charity is a tradition for the Alazan Apache Courts Westside from the community where the median income is $9,000 and most families are run by a single parent.
The Christmas miracle
Despite the loss, the housing authority still gives gifts to those families who are in need and continues with the charity.
After a massive toy drive charity on Sunday, they can now bring some holiday cheer to hundreds more from the community.
Tabar said that depending on the amount that they will get from their drive, both from their website and through toys that will be donated to them, they will still see about how they can best give out those to help the most amount of families from the community with the donations that they have received.
Such a cause will later pave the way for a Christmas miracle that will give smiles to people's faces.
After hearing what happened, Karen Vaught and Welda Smith knew that they wanted to stop by and donate gifts.
People who donated
Vaught said that the person is not just a thief, but is also a bad human being. She added that she has not left her house much ever since the pandemic began, but she felt like she needed to join the toy drive and donate to those children who are in need.
Vaught added that kids should not have to know about the hardships that their parents go through.
Amy Gonzales, someone who also donated toys to children, said that she heard about the event online and wanted to help. She said that they had all those toys left from their toy drive the day before and she thought that this is a great moment to give it out.
These people who helped out made it possible for those children in need to feel a Christmas miracle.
In just a few hours, everything that was taken was replaced, thanks to all the generous donors and people who helped. It was indeed a Christmas miracle that was made possible by the people themselves.
Meanwhile, police are looking for the Grinch who tried to ruin everyone's Christmas.
