A giving tradition- Cheer for Children
Santa, brought to Harbor-UCLA hospital by Cheer for Children, provides holiday cheer and presents for a little girl. Photo Merika Tu’ua’s children will wake up on Christmas morning to a tree surrounded by presents. They will open the festive packages and revel in their holiday haul. Because of Tu’ua and her family, another family in the South Bay will be doing the same thing. For the past three years, the Tu’ua family has participated in the local, grassroots organization Cheer for Children. Since its founding in 1985, Cheer for Children has brought joy to thousands of local families by collecting everything from school supplies and gift cards, to toys and toiletries, and distributing them to families in need all over the community. “The first time we got involved was because we had an early Christmas and my daughter got two of the same toy, a really nice Barbie car,” said Tu’ua. “At first I didn’t think about it, I thought, ‘Oh, she’ll have two of the same Christmas toy,’ but then I remembered the program.” She sat her daughter down and asked her if she would be okay giving her toy to a kid who doesn’t get to have a happy Christmas. “I didn’t think she’d get it, but she did, and…
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