Santa's visit to Sangha Center

The Sangha Center for Spiritual Living asked me to shoot this event Saturday.  It was to bring Christmas to "low income single fathers" and their kids in the area.  Sangha does "Project Angel" every year and this year they chose to do families with single fathers.  The members of the Sangha Community had the opportunity over the past few weeks to look over each child's Christmas list and go out and buy gifts for the children (no matter how big). 

Sangha found the families through American Family Housing,which feeds and houses the homeless (please check out their site) while they save money and get education.

It was such a great experience.  Here's some of the highlights from that day...

Each of the children got a stocking from Santa while the fathers got to take home all their gifts to open on Christmas.

Diva Gray sang Christmas songs

The Rev. Dr. David Phears opens with a blessing

A single grandfather and one of the children

And lots of food...

 The elfs for the day...

And Namaste to you!

They played a little game passing around an envelope at teach table.  The winner got...

...lottery tickets

Then there was a Santa sighting.  And he got a little help with the ho ho hoing.

Trying on the gifts...

"No Santa, don't go..."