Chris Marksberry wrote:
>>> Janet,
>>>
>>> You're in Harlingen (or the general area) aren't you. We've enjoyed
>>> trips down there. My husband is former Marine (yeah... I know there's
>>> no such thing)and of course visited The Marine Military Academy Museum.
>>>
>> We are in Harlingen. About 8 miles due south of the Marine Military
>> Academy on the same road. I have made donations to the museum but haven't
>> gotten to visit it yet.
>>
>> Next time you are here, give us a call. We're in the book.
>>
>> --
>> Janet Wilder
>
> Thanks Janet and if you get to the Pearland area of Houston give us a call.
> We're in the book as well.
>
> This is a long shot, but...
>
> On a trip down there we proceeded on to Brownsville and met a guy there who
> took tourists into Matamoras. His name was actually George McCoy but he
> went by the name of Jorge (Spanish for George). Mr. McCoy would on a regular
> basis bring "care packages" to the extremely poor parts of Matamoras. I
> just wondered if you'd ever heard of him. He's probably dead by now, but I
> wonder if anybody knows of his work? IIRC, he did make it an option to see
> those areas of incredible poverty.

I don't know the name, but there are many organizations who bring food,
clothing school supplies and toys at Christmas to the poor families
across the river. Many of our Winter Texans are involved in these
programs, even playing Santa on Christmas day. I haven't taken a tour,
but I am very much aware that people live in the city dump in Matamoras
and eat garbage.

I try to do my share of giving by making frequent donations to the Lower
Rio Grande Valley Food Bank which is suffering right now due to
increased food prices and the high cost of gasoline eating into people's
disposable income.