"oPERATION DREAMKEEPER"
this year, will be held
saturday, december 16, 2023

                                                   9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Tickets are available for pick-up at 2nd Chance Thrift Store

503 North Sierra Nevada Street, Stockton.  Tuesday through Saturday 9:00 AM  5:00 PM.  Also at Good Samaritan Center 1331 East Fremont Street, Stockton - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 9:oo AM - Noon.

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                                                       for ticket information please call: 209-469-7098

Thoughts on DREAMKEEPER                  

by Executive Director David Cloxton

Operation Dreamkeeper Christmas program showed children and their families in our community the reason for this Holiday season. In today’s world we are finding it harder and harder to hear anyone say “Merry Christmas”, but that wasn’t the case at the Good Samaritan Operation Dreamkeeper Christmas program.  Our whole event was centered around the birth of Jesus Christ and stating “Merry Christmas” many times over.  

This year’s program saw around nearly 950 children signed up for our party, which again was held at the Good Samaritan Training Center. We again used staggered ticket times to ensure an even flow and crowd control.  One volunteer stated when the children entered into the Good Samaritan and saw the Nativity and the decorations then heard the Christmas story and felt God’s love for them, they realized the meaning was way more than just a toy give-away!  Some children never knew it was more than just a Holiday.

The event began at 9am with families lining up on the sidewalk on East Fremont Street right off Airport Way.  We offered crosswalk security for families from where they parked.  They passed by our hot chocolate & cookie booth which brought chocolate smiles on their faces.  As they saw a beautiful decorated fence filled with signs sharing God’s love.  One sign stated “A 1,000 times in history a baby became a king, but only once in history did a king become a baby.”

All the children with tickets received an age and gender appropriate brand-new wrapped toy which ranged in price from $13 to around $70. The underaged children received a brand-new stuffed animal. Our Dreamkeeper staff included Spanish speaking volunteers for our Spanish speaking families.   After the Nativity being seen and hearing the story almost all of our families went back to the prayer rooms to get prayer.  After receiving their prayer, people were seen wiping away tears.  “The LORD is near to them who have a broken heart and  saves such that has a contrite spirit.” Psalm 34:18, 19.  Also, 36 of the children randomly received brand-new bicycles.  The older children were given mountain bikes.  After that, many made a decision to go to church.  It was hard to get an accurate total but we know that 41 Spanish speaking were in attendance from the Dreamkeeper program.  This only happened because Jesus showed up at this year’s event.