https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/28/wish-book-sunday-friends-helps-families-break-the-cycle-of-poverty/

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Nearly five years ago, Maria Navarro faced the possibility of uprooting her family from the Bay Area. She loved their safe Santa Clara neighborhood and the good schools where her children were enrolled, but the high cost of living meant she could barely afford essentials like toilet paper and school supplies, much less Christmas presents for her three children.