On a recent December afternoon, about 30 volunteers gathered at St. Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista to give their efforts to the sprawling, multifaceted Farmworker Caravan—an annual holiday donation drive for families in need in five counties.
Labeled a “Santa’s Workshop,” the Dec. 3 volunteer work session was just one cog in the vast machinery that makes the caravan possible.
On Dec. 3, the volunteers—who came from as far away as Morgan Hill and San Jose—were producing handmade stockings to give to the children of farmworkers for the holidays. Scraps and sheets of holiday-themed fabric were scattered on tables while volunteers cut out designs for the custom stockings…