SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes, with support from West Valley College men’s soccer team, are raising $20,000 to supply holiday care kits for farmworker families in Salinas. The care kits will be handed out at 2 p.m. on Thursday in Salinas by the United Farm Workers and UFW Foundation. The Quakes Foundation, the charitable arm of the club, is funding the giveaway of the holiday care kits to an estimated 300 families at the UFW/UFWF’s Central Coast Farm Worker Center, 118 East Gabilan St., Salinas 93901.
“We have been aware that the issues around food security are very complex, and that supporting our farm-working community is a critical component of tackling food insecurity,” said Earthquakes director of community relations Rahul Devaskar.