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(Photo: J.D. GALLOP/FLORIDA TODAY FILE PHOTO)\n\nA Three Kings Celebration this weekend will focus on helping Latin families who settled in Brevard County following devastation on the island caused by Hurricane Maria in September 2017.\n\nThe United Third Bridge Puerto Rico Relief Fund's third-annual Three Kings Celebration and children's party will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday at the VFW/Knights of Columbus building at 2150 Dairy Road in Melbourne.\n\nUnited Third Bridge President Samuel Lopez said about 285 families relocated from Puerto Rico to Brevard County following Hurricane Maria.\n\nMore: Organizations hold Puerto Rican celebration to those displaced by Hurricane Maria\n\nMore: County commissioners vote against removing Spanish, Puerto Rican flags from Ponce de Leon Landing\n\nSunday's event is targeted to help children in those families with clothing and gifts, and is part of a larger effort by United Third Bridge, a Melbourne-based civil rights, educational and cultural nonprofit organization.\n\nCONSIDER SUBSCRIBING TODAY: Help support our local journalism\n\nA number of local organizations and businesses are sponsoring Sunday's event, including Brevard Adult Education, Eastern Florida State College and Seafarer Exploration.\n\nBuy Photo These were among the attendees in last year's Three Kings Celebration organized by the United Third Bridge Puerto Rico Relief Fund. (Photo: TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY FILE PHOTO)\n\nThe event will feature food, beverages, games, music by DJ Louis and the singing of Christmas carols.\n\nLopez said the event is open to all local families, not just those who have relocated from Puerto Rico.\n\nThe United Third Bridge Puerto Rico Relief Fund is focusing on helping families that relocated from Puerto Rico secure permanent housing and helping their children adjust to the local school system.\n\nFor details on how people can help the Puerto Rico Relief Fund, contact the organization's volunteer director, Margarita Chavez, at 321-863-5165.\n\nThree Kings Day \u2014 which also is known in Christianity as Epiphany \u2014 marks the culmination of the Christmas season. The actual day is Monday, Jan. 6.\n\nThree Kings Day \u2014 a major holiday in Puerto Rico \u2014 spotlights the \"Three Kings of the Epiphany,\" the men who followed the star to Bethlehem, to offer the baby Jesus presents of gold, frankincense and myrrh 12 days after he was born. In Spanish cultures, Los Reyes Magos come to people's homes on the night of Jan. 5 (the eve of Three Kings Day) to bring them presents.\n\nDave Berman is government editor at FLORIDA TODAY.\n\nContact Berman at 321-242-3649\n\nor dberman@floridatoday.com.\n\nTwitter: @bydaveberman\n\nRead or Share this story: https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2020/01/01/three-kings-event-help-families-who-left-puerto-rico-after-hurricane/2789443001/", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": [], "authors": ["Dave Berman", "Published A.M. 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