Tag: Spirit of Christmas
$10K in donations ‘life-changing’ for Spirit of Christmas families
More than $10,000 in monetary donations were collected for eight families in need whose stories The Monitor told as part of its Spirit of...
Early reaction to Spirit of Christmas campaign yields $18K for families
2020 has proven to be a tumultuous and unprecedented year, but it has not impeded the charitable efforts of many throughout the Rio Grande...
Family hit by storm, cancer, poverty in 2020 tries to stay positive
McALLEN — Jean Macias credits a bowl of carne de res with saving her life.
Her mother invited her over to have some on July...
Overcoming abuse and addiction, McAllen mother fights to raise family
McALLEN — Jenny Cano never has trouble getting a good night’s sleep.
She’ll tell you that, joking about being unable to hear for almost her...
Scars, needs run deep for Mission family of mother, son who died in fire
It has been more than a year since Leticia Lopez took in her niece and two nephews after they lost their mother and youngest brother in a house fire.
On July 22, 2018, Maria Izabel Maldonado, her 5-year-old son, Gustavo Maldonado, and Johnathan Palomarez, a 15-year-old family friend, died in the Mission fire.
Johnathan was the boyfriend of Leticia’s 16-year-old niece, and Gustavo was one of two twin brothers, and would be 7 years old today.
Read the full story at themonitor.com.