Seasonal Campaigns

For low-income workers, each season brings new and particular challenges that we as an association are working to overcome through collective efforts. Continue reading for more information on how groups and individuals get involved in these seasonal campaigns.

Winter Survival Campaign

Three WFWA volunteers greet a propective member outside her home on a WFWA canvass on a winter day.

January - March

  • Join the winter canvass campaign to reach members and potential members in their homes, where many risk no-heat situations or other emergencies.

  • Help run food drives to collect canned and dried goods such as pasta, nut butters, rice, beans, tomato products, cooking oil and maseca.

  • Collect and distribute blankets, space heaters, jackets, scarves, hats, gloves and boots for members and their children.

Make your seasons count with WFWA

Spring Expansion Campaign

Young children of WFWA members dash joyfully across an green lawn picking up easter eggs. A young boy holds a bag decroated with a pink bunny picks up three eggs at the base of a tree

April - May

  • Help run WFWA’s annual Spring Family Brunch and Children’s Easter Egg Hunt to build unity among members and allies in the community.

  • Sign up as a bilingual volunteer and begin to contact farm worker members who live on state-run migrant centers.

  • Learn utility advocacy to prevent shutoffs from high winter heating bills.

Farm Worker Summer Campaign

A WFWA volunteer signs up a young mother as a WFWA member among a crowd of women of varying ages all signing up.

May - August

  • Host a collection of sun-protective work clothing, food, brimmed hats, sunscreen, personal hygiene items or cooling fans at your religious community, group, club or classroom.

  • Volunteer on Operation Camp Crews to assist in uniting migrant farm workers and distributing requested material resources.

  • Invite WFWA speakers to your group to build material support for the fight for justice for farm workers.

  • Help organize medical education and information sessions with volunteer professionals about how workers can stay healthy in the summer heat.

  • Advocate to stop deadly utility shutoffs.

Make your summer about farm worker justice

Back-to-School Campaign

A WFWA volunteer briefs four fellow volunteers on the distribution of school supplies. All volunteers are standing around long tables that are well stocked with notebooks, color pencils, markers, crayons, binders and composition books.

June - July

  • Help collect and distribute school supplies and new and like-new school clothing for WFWA members and their children.

  • Learn to advocate for members to overcome barriers to enrolling their children in school.

  • Participate on Back-to-School supply distributions to migrant labor camps and enrolled local farm and seasonal worker members.

Holiday Campaign

Children of WFWA members flank WFWA volunteer Santa Claus as they enjoy candy canes

September - December

  • Help organize a Trick-or-Treat for Farm Workers food drive and a Safe and Sane Halloween Party for members’ children with their parents.

  • Collect and distribute Halloween costumes for member families enrolled in a participatory budget-saving program.

  • Collect turkeys and all the holiday fixings for Thanksgiving and Holiday Food Basket distributions in November and December and deliver them to members.

  • Collect toys for distribution to members for private gift-giving to their children.

  • Organize WFWA’s Family Holiday Party for member families.

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