WHAT BEGAN AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT DISTRIBUTION for farmworker children has now blossomed into an ongoing effort to better the lives of farmworkers by churches in San Jose. 

Santa Teresa Catholic Church raised $14,000 at its second annual Farmworker Fundraiser Dinner on May 16, which was attended by 185 people at the church’s Avila Hall. Attendees heard stories from a farmworker and Ann Lopez, the founder and executive director of the Center for Farmworker Families in Watsonville. 

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