It hasn’t been easy, and most of the people involved will tell you there is plenty yet to do, but the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center has done itself proud with its new residential facility.
Little did center officials, volunteers and supporters know when they began their fundraising drive for the new structure that they would have to navigate not only the normal financial challenges but also the additional challenges created by a struggling national economy.
Lots of hard work, dedication, generous gifts and a shared can-do attitude have allowed the center to construct a residential facility second to none in Central Texas.
Center Executive Director Marla Johnson often says that despite the satisfaction she, the staff and the volunteers get from helping victims of domestic
violence find new hope and build new lives, they look toward to a future in which their services are no longer needed.
Sadly, that day seems far away ... sometimes so far away it is even difficult to imagine.
Until that dream becomes a reality, this community can thank its lucky stars for the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center and for those special souls who reach out every single day – and
night – to offer a hand of friendship to those who have all too often been touched by the hand of abuse. RHR
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HCWC has done itself proud
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Just follow the Yellow Brick Road
Residents looking for a boring place to hang out, twiddle their thumbs and watch quietly as life passes them by should stay far away from the Price Seniors Center.
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A partnership with potential
The possibility of World Heritage Site designation for the headwaters of the San Marcos River will be discussed tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Price Seniors Center.
- A foot-tapping good time awaits
- Happy trails to you, Jeff
- Crucial building blocks in place
- A touchdown for San Marcos
- James D. Nay
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Saludo: Ofelia Vasquez-Philo
The honoring of local historian Ofelia Vasquez-Philo with the Premio Letras de Aztlan Award from the National Association of Chicana & Chicano Studies this week is certainly exciting news for this city.
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City horning in – thank goodness
Many San Marcos residents may soon be able to hear themselves think thanks to a long-awaited city project to create a number of “Railroad Quiet Zones” across the city.
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Misguided and unacceptable
The Hays County Commissioners Court would like to ban still and video cameras from its public meetings.
It would like to, but it can’t. - More Editorials Headlines
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