{"id":63674,"date":"2017-11-27T12:21:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=63674"},"modified":"2017-11-29T12:23:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T17:23:25","slug":"giving-tuesday-826","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2017\/giving-tuesday-826\/","title":{"rendered":"Storytelling with 826 National: <\/br>Meet the Garcia Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/2017\/giving-tuesday-826\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-63714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/826National_redseal_PMS200_tagline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>*Editor\u2019s note: Here at UncommonGoods, we\u2019re counting down to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.givingtuesday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giving Tuesday<\/a>\u2014an annual day of giving back observed on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving\u2014by sharing stories from our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/static\/better.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Better to Give<\/a>\u00a0partners. Up this week, with our final story: our newest partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/826national.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">826 National<\/a>, introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/2017\/better-to-give-826-national\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in July of this year<\/a>. Today, we\u2019re proud to share a video that highlights the story of the Garcia family, whose children have flourished with help from <a href=\"http:\/\/826la.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">826LA<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tn6Bib4naBw\" width=\"650\" height=\"410\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meet Katherine Garcia, her brother, and her mom, Juvenita Martinez, residents of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/westside\/la-fi-hp-neighborhood-spotlight-20160312-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mar Vista<\/a> neighborhood in Los Angeles. In the above video, created by 826 National, Katherine tells us about her ambitions to write\u2014and Juvenita shares how 826LA&#8217;s unique programs have helped her children excel in school and among their peers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If I keep helping her by [sending] her here, I feel she can do it. I feel she [is] going to get everything she wants to get,&#8221; says Juvenita. &#8220;Sometimes it&#8217;s so, so hard to be parents, because you don&#8217;t have &#8230; [the] chance to help your kids. 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