Three Kings Day celebration in Tampa
FOX 13’s Jordan Bowen talked with state Rep. Susan Valdes about her this wonderful occasion for youths.
TAMPA – January 6 marks Three Kings Day, which celebrates the day the three sensible males first noticed child Jesus and introduced him presents.
To commemorate the vacation, Florida State Rep. Susan Valdes held a particular backpack and toy giveaway to children and their households on Saturday at Zoo Tampa.
Particular backpack and toy giveaway occasion for youths and their households on Saturday at Zoo Tampa.
It is her first occasion since she introduced final month she’s leaving the Democratic Occasion to affix Republicans.
On this Three Kings Day in Tampa, presents for youths lined the tables right here at Zoo Tampa.
“I am tremendous grateful for this occasion. My children had been leaping up and down, resulting in this. I wager they had been tremendous excited coming right here,” mother of three, Ashley Castor, mentioned.
Saturday, Florida State Rep. Susan Valdes hosted a particular backpack and toy giveaway to 150 kids as a technique to have fun the vacation which marks the day the three sensible males first noticed child Jesus and introduced presents.
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For Rep. Valdes, it is an vital a part of the Hispanic tradition, so to commemorate it she says she wished to assist in giving households the reward of training.
“Every part is feasible by way of an training and I feel that is the largest instrument to get your self out of poverty or out of scenario is thru an training,” Valdes mentioned.
Each registered baby picked out a backpack filled with notebooks, pencils, crayons and coloring books. Every child additionally obtained to pick a toy the whole lot from basketballs and sports activities gear to stuffed animals and video games.
“My oldest 7-year-old, he opened up the backpack, and he was like, look Mommy, I obtained notebooks. We really wanted some as effectively, so I am actually actually grateful for that,” Castro mentioned.
The occasion marks a couple of month since Consultant Valdes introduced she can be leaving the Democratic Occasion and becoming a member of Republicans. She wrote in an announcement that she was “uninterested in being the occasion of protesting after I obtained into politics to be a part of the occasion of progress”.
Particular backpack and toy giveaway occasion for youths and their households on Saturday at Zoo Tampa.
“I’m the identical public servant that I have been on the varsity board, that I have been on the Florida Home these final 20 years that I have been serving in several capacities and management, so Susan goes to proceed to work arduous,” Valdes mentioned.
She says that begins by working along with native organizations like Zoo Tampa, The Brink Basis and Miss Latina Tampa to assist serve the group, particularly kids and households. All three teams helped increase funds for the backpacks and toys, accumulating a complete of greater than $3,000.
“Simply to see their faces mild up after which simply to see which toy they wish to select, it is simply, you already know, that glimmer of hope. It is like something by way of a toddler’s eye is simply miraculous,” Valdes mentioned.
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