Berzabe Lopez used the resources at Santa Maria Community Services for her own family years ago. Now she helps other in East Price Hill get the help they need.
While the shopping calendar continues to add Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays, Giving Tuesday is intended to get people in tune with the reasons for the season and help those who are hungry and in need.
In the past, community groups have struggled with red tape and procedural hurdles to get city contracts and even pay their employees in a timely manner.
Terry Walls knows how important it is for kids in Lower Price Hill to have a place to spend time in creative and constructive ways that’s what he needed growing up in the neighborhood.