A Stockton youth AAU basketball team, the Stockton Heroes, threw on their jerseys and teamed up with a local non-profit, Stockton 209 Cares, to assist people experiencing homelessness throughout their community.
It's why Lamb, who was homeless herself, got off the streets and wanted to give back, starting Stockton 209 Cares a decade ago. It was a slam-dunk collaboration with the Stockton Heroes, which consists of three age groups featuring 6 to 14-year-olds, who were heroes handing food to the homeless community, including second grader Eliseo Astorga.
"Just feels good to give them what they don't have all the time," Danny Cumplido, Astorga's Stockton Heroes teammate, said.
A Stockton youth AAU basketball team, the Stockton Heroes, threw on their jerseys and teamed up with a local non-profit, Stockton 209 Cares, to assist people experiencing homelessness throughout their community.
It's why Lamb, who was homeless herself, got off the streets and wanted to give back, starting Stockton 209 Cares a decade ago. It was a slam-dunk collaboration with the Stockton Heroes, which consists of three age groups featuring 6 to 14-year-olds, who were heroes handing food to the homeless community, including second grader Eliseo Astorga.
"Just feels good to give them what they don't have all the time," Danny Cumplido, Astorga's Stockton Heroes teammate, said.
"Teamwork makes the dreamwork and that's what I believe," said Xavier Manzke, also known as Coach X, Stockton Heroes director and head coach. "Just to show, just like basketball, you need teamwork, just like in life, you need teamwork."
"Thanksgiving for us is about we want to give back to the homeless," Lamb said. "But also in memory of my son (Johnny) that passed away on Thanksgiving. So, it's a little bit both. We like to incorporate the children, have them come out so that they can learn what it's like to give back."
"We just want to bless for all the homeless that don't have food," Joseph said. "In every state, I wish they get food."
"We do have a huge homeless population," Lamb said. "A lot of it is, you get couples that don't want to get off the streets because they don't want to be separated or they have animals, that's a barrier, as well. We do [have] some that, of course, are addicted to drugs, which we're working to get into treatment programs. But, it has grown a lot since COVID."
"Stockton's getting better," Ladell Sampson, who came to get some food, said. "That's what we need. This kind of stuff, togetherness."
Lamb and 209 Cares will be hosting a toy drive on Nov. 30 at SkyZone from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Coach X and the Stockton Heroes host free monthly basketball camps for any youth in the community to participate in.
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