Estrella's House

Estrella Rojas was only two years old when her life was ended by her mother's boyfriend. (View her story at http://cachidalgo.org/estrellas-house/  ) Formed out of The Children's Advocacy Center of Hidalgo County, one of a larger network of centers committed to protecting children from abuse and neglect, Estrellas's House was established in her memory.  Estrella's House is a safe haven with a child-friendly, non-institutional environment providing a place where young victims can tell their story without fear of repercussion.  Ralph and I recently visited Estrella's House to deliver a small cash donation on behalf of our Telecom Pioneer volunteer organization.

Estrella's house averages approximately 1,000 children per year between the ages of 2-17 years.  To date, their facility located at 525 W. Wisconsin in Edinburg, Texas has served approximately 14,000 children.  Their first year 241 children passed through their doors.

We were greeted by Victoria Medina, Executive Director and Kristy Hallock Meyer, Community Outreach coordinator.   

Left to right:  Diana Garza, Victoria Medina, Ralph Garza, and Kristy Meyer

Kristy graciously gave a tour of their facility whose entrance belies the facilities size.  This June, Estrella's House will celebrate their fourteenth year and will be holding their annual fundraiser February 22, 2014.

The poster somehow didn't show up on my blog.  You can visit Estrella's House on Facebook.

Ralph Garza, Little Estrella's New painting, Kristy Meyer

If you or your employers and/or organization is looking for a good cause to support in 2014, think about supporting Estrella's House.  They're in need of cash donations but you can help also by supplying them with donations from the list below:

The tiny hands in the photo are hand prints with names of the children served at Estrella's House that you'll
find throughout the building.  It's something Estrella's House does to make the children feel welcomed and not feel like they're alone.

Note:  The Telecom Pioneers, are a Volunteer organization and service club made up of US and Canadian telecommunications industry employees and retirees.