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AACA to Help Ronald McDonald House |
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 Our club is the Rio Grande Valley Region of the Antique Automobile Club, (RGV_AACA) a non-profit organization.
From the proceeds of our show last year we were able to give $1000, to the Comfort House of McAllen , $500 each to Sunny Glen Children’s Home, Rio Grande Children’s Home, Make a Wish, and the Ronald McDonald House.
We also support our local Rio Grande Food Bank, by collecting non perishable food items as well as monetary donations the day of the show. In fact this is the only registration fee we require of the show cars, but also except donations from the public in the form of food products. We raise our funds by selling raffle tickets, monetary donations and selling vendor spaces, and a popular 50/50 drawing.
President
RGV-AACA
Carl L Johnson
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Flat Stanley visits Ronald McDonald House |
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 My name is Isaac Ramos and I am 6 years old. In school, my class read a story called “Flat Stanley”, written by Jeff Brown. In this story, a bulletin board fell on Stanley as he slept, and he became ½” thick! Even though he was very flat, he still wanted to go on adventures! His family decided to fold him up and mail him in an envelope so that he could explore the world. This Spring Break, he has been given to me so that he can learn about the area I live in and the things I like to do! Stanley and I decided that it would be a great idea to donate some items to the Ronald McDonald House in Harlingen! I like to donate things because it makes me feel good when I help others. Flat Stanley said it made him feel good too! We even took a picture to help him remember his visit!
Isaac Ramos
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Assisting families: Gayle Reger |
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Reger found she enjoys making a difference in people's lives
By ED ASHER
 Gayle Reger studied to be a teacher, but she found her life taking a different direction after she volunteered to work with Girl Scouts in the mid 1980s.
That’s when her career working with nonprofit organizations began.
“I really got involved in Girl Scouting doing some volunteer work and I decided that was my thing; that was what I wanted to do,” Reger said. “So instead of teaching, I decided to stay with Girl Scouts.”
The Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas offered her a job and she ended up serving 20 years as a program director.
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Family guidance: Shirley Snavely |
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Ronald McDonald volunteer has helped for more than 10 years
By ED ASHER
 Shirley Snavely worked with families and children as a teacher and guidance counselor for more than 30 years.
She didn’t stop when she retired from the Harlingen school district in 2003.
A few years before retirement, a friend told her about Ronald McDonald House.
“I wanted some way to volunteer and be helpful to the community. I talked to a friend who was involved with Ronald McDonald House and thought I would like it,” Snavely said.
She has been a volunteer now “for at least 10 years.”
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Family first: Joseph Alaniz |
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Ronald McDonald House helps family overcome hardship
By ED ASHER
 When Joseph Alaniz’s 2-month-old daughter became sick and had to be placed in intensive care in a Harlingen hospital, he wasn’t sure how he was going to manage his family of six in Brownsville and still be by his baby’s side.
But no matter what it took, he was going to find a way.
“Because when your child is sick, you have to be there. There are no other options,” Alaniz said. “You have to find a way.
“I might have sold the car or something else from the house so we could stay in a motel.”
Alaniz didn’t have to sell anything because of the Ronald McDonald House in Harlingen.
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