SLV Women’s Resource Center Hosts Banquet
Helen Smith The Paw Print On Thursday evening, April 11, the San Luis Valley Women’s Resource Center hosted a very special event. Over 300 guests came to Alamosa’s River of Life at the Assembly of God church for a fundraising banquet, followed by guest speaker Gianna Jessen. The story Gianna Jessen tells is a powerful [...]
Free Tax Service for SLV From ASU and More
Daniel Allsup The Paw Print Adams State University’s School of Business is teaming with Trinidad State Junior College-Valley Campus and the Piton Foundation to provide free tax services to the San Luis Valley community. The free service is designed for families whose income is less than $50,000 annually. This will be the fourth year that [...]
Hunger Education, Feinstein Challenge Raise Awareness
Stephany Nellessen La Puente Volunteer From April 22 to April 28, La Puente is partnering with the community and with other service agencies in the San Luis Valley to coordinate Hunger Education Week. For more information on how we work to combat hunger in the SLV or how you can get involved, please call La [...]
Food Insecurity: Hunger in the Valley is Very Real
By ortiveztm on April 26, 2012
Devin Forest Cornwall La Puente Volunteer When the word “hunger” is mentioned, especially in the context of education, many people imagine thirty second commercials featuring a group of malnourished children wearing oversized NFL t-shirts on some far off continent. And although it’s true, there are great needs in these places to feed many mouths [...]
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