[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To be young, with a good job and a salary that you have the potential to parlay into better jobs and higher salaries is a wonderful feeling of optimism and empowerment. To be young and to understand how to budget your money for emergencies and growth is an even more secure feeling. At the age […]
Renewal and Healing Through Art
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As a child, Linda Wallace loved to draw, capturing the places and things she saw. Through her teen years and college, and even while working as a pediatric nurse’s aide and starting a family, Wallace kept sketching and painting the world around her. Right into her senior years. But she slowed down by 2008, […]
Repairing Home, Restoring Dignity
In a home on San Antonio’s East Side neighborhood of Denver Heights, Juana Rosa Mercado cooked meager meals on a hot plate and used a small crockpot to heat water for her bath. There was no running water, no heat and no working stove. Like so many older adults in San Antonio, Mrs. Mercado was […]
Making Connections
Old farm roads had long ago given way to interstate highways and the nearby historic missions would soon capture international acclaim. Yet the residents of this urban South Side neighborhood remained dependent on plumbing systems no household in one of the nation’s largest cities had seen for years — outhouses, leaking septic tanks and cesspools. […]
Meet Esther Temple
“Staying in my own home is important to me. This is where my 35 grandchildren come to see me.” —Esther Temple Many older adults are at risk of losing their independence because they can no longer live safely in their own homes. The Serve Our Seniors Program at Merced Housing Texas has assisted more than […]
SA and Merced collaborate to help seniors stay in the homes they own and love
Nothing brightens 75-year-old Rosalia Silva’s day like cooking a big pot of arroz con habicheulas, or rice and beans. She loves to share the dishes of her native Puerto Rico with family and friends. Damaged gas lines under her house meant she had neither hot water nor the use of her stove. She could not […]
Mother learns to better nurture
When Nikkini Hammonds learned that her 4-year-old son had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), she knew she needed support. The 31-year-old single mother of five boys is a resident of Artisan at Salado Creek Apartments. Former Resident Services Coordinator Janice Hardeman saw her need and referred her to the Precious Minds New Connections Nurturing Program. […]
A Champion’s Heart
50-year-old Mr. Kennis Price is proud of his 2007 San Antonio Spurs championship prosthetic. Despite the many challenges he faces as an amputee, he says it is much easier to go through life with a smile. Mr. Price says his ability to maintain a positive outlook began early. “Growing up, I was the fat kid […]
