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Dream Center – Loving and Touching People.
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON brings the hope of a warm house, filled
with families sharing a hot meal, memories and good tidings for the
coming year. The season also proves difficult for many others who
are facing loss, spiritual darkness, disease or financial distress. One
local non-profit is making its mission to spark hope.
Any Woman Can Offers Hope, Health and Christ.
Always there for younger women in crisis since 2013, Any Woman Can
expanded services to assist women of all ages coping with life-
challenges, a current crisis or a previous trauma. Counselors teach
coping skills to help women recover and overcome life’s hurtles.
Giving Voice to Hungry Kids in San Antonio.
Every day of the year, including Christmas day, kids and their
parents face uncertainty about whether they will have enough to
eat. Snack Pak 4 Kids (SP4KSA) is stepping in to provide food to
thousands of local children.
Filling Critical Need for Adoption & Foster Families.
Chosen Care decreases failed adoption placements. They help stop
the bleeding not easily seen from the outside. Families who have
been helped by Chosen Care tend to continue their child’s
placement and healing from trauma.
Providence Place Returns to Their Roots.
Formerly a brothel in downtown San Antonio, Providence Place
owner Madame Volino was inspired to transform her business into
a home for wayward girls. Plot twists and transformation define the
beginning and journey of what Providence Place has become today.
Tell Your Story – Faith and Work.
With the Mr. W Fireworks family company at risk, Vice President
Kelley Martinez started a prayer event called, “Work as a Family,
Pray as a Family.” It was meant to encourage employees and their
families to come together to pray for the business and help
everyone through. God honored those prayers in amazing ways!
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