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7,000 SERVED: La Posada reaches milestone, experiences influx

Special to the NEWS Last week, La Posada Providencia reached 7,000 clients served in the roughly 25 years of its existence. The milestone comes as La Posada experiences an unexpected surge in the numbers of families seeking emergency shelter and assistance. “We were not expecting to reach the 7,000 client mark this year,” said Program …

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Dolly Vinsant opens as ‘Casa Rio Grande’ shelter

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Speaking at Thursday’s meeting of the Rotary Club of San Benito was Vice President of Immigrant Youth Services for Southwest Key, Alexia Rodriguez, who addressed Rotarians in the meeting room at Blanquita’s Mexican Restaurant. Rodriguez updated those in attendance on the happenings with the newly restored former Dolly …

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DOLLY THE SHELTER? Ramirez: Southwest Key to house over 100 kids at old hospital

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Lead Regional Trainer Kevin Ramirez of Southwest Key Programs said on Tuesday, Feb. 26, that an “unaccompanied minors shelter” will soon open at the former Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital property in San Benito. Southwest Key is a nonprofit organization with national reach that, according to the program’s website overview, …

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