Corpus Christi woman helping those in need with free haircuts
Asking for volunteers to help
Local business offers free haircuts for those in need.
By: Amber Castillo
and last updated 2021-05-14 16:28:00-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â A Corpus Christi woman is helping people in need get free haircuts.
Marilena Garza is very familiar with helping out in the community. She recently started The Free Store at Artesian Park in downtown Corpus Christi every Sunday, where she helps those in need with items that were donated. Now she s taking it another step by offering free haircuts. Being friendly, being kind, talking to the person because them getting a haircut is the first steps in them reclaiming their lives, she said.
Local woman helping out those in need with The FREE Store
Local woman helping out those in need with The FREE Store
By: Patrick Johnstone
and last updated 2021-02-09 20:18:08-05
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â Marilena Garza is originally from Beeville, but currently lives in Corpus Christi. As a resident of the city, she sees first-hand how homelessness affects people in the area. In November, she started volunteering with âTacos not Bombs,â when she noticed many people she was helping did not have shoes.
âPeople were showing up in socks, or with bags wrapped around their feet, and it bothered me a lot,â she said.