The Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 99, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 24, 2016 Page: 2 of 14
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THE PORT LAVACA WAVE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016
Austin poet holds writing workshop
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THE UNITED WAY OF CALHOUN COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED FEDERAL FUNDS
UNDER THE EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER NATIONAL BOARD PROGRAM.
The United Way of Calhoun County has been chosen to receive $10,990.00 to supplement emergency food and shelter
programs in the county. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the U. S. Department of Homeland
Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from American Red Cross; Catholic
Charities, USA; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; The Jewish Federations of North America; The
Salvation Army; and United Way Worldwide. The Local Board was charged to distribute funds appropriated by Congress
to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high- need areas around the country. A Local Board made up
of Calhoun County Judge Michael Pfeifer, United Way Executive Director Carolyn Adrian, Port Lavaca Housing Author-
ity, Ministerial Alliance, Memorial Medical Center, Etc. will determine how the funds awarded to United Way are to be
distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local service agencies in the area. The Local Board is
responsible for recommending agencies to receive these funds and any additional funds made available under this phase
of the program. Under the terms of the grant from the National Board, local agencies chosen to receive funds must: 1) be
private voluntary non-profits or units of government, 2) be eligible to receive Federal funds, 3) have an accounting system,
4) practice nondiscrimination, 5) have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs,
and 6) if they are a private voluntary organization, have a voluntary board. Qualifying agencies are urged to apply. United
Way has distributed Emergency Food and Shelter funds previously with Calhoun County Community Ministries serving as
the 2015-16 agency. CCCM was responsible for distributing $4,678.40 for utilities and $7,017.60 in rent assistance to 123
families and individuals in Calhoun County for a total of $11,696.00.
Public or private voluntary agencies interested in applying for Emergency Food and Shelter Program funds
must contact Carolyn Adrian at the United Way of Calhoun County or at uwcc@tisd.net for an application. The
deadline for applications to be received is Friday, September 30,2016 by 12 Noon.
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Poet and author Sunni Soper, of Austin, back row, far right, spoke at a free writing workshop Saturday at Calhoun County public
library sponsored by Boots & Tiaras, a non-profit organization. (Melony Overton/Wave photo)
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Adults and children
of various ages paid rapt
attention to Austin poet and
author Sunni Soper last
weekend for a free writing
workshop, the first event
sponsored by Boots & Tiaras at
the Calhoun County Library.
“Writing down my
feelings has brought me down
so many avenues. It’s really
given me an opportunity to
grow through other people,”
said Soper, who is also a
spoken word artist.
Soper focused on poetry
for the workshop. The
avenues with which writing
has opened for Soper include
“slam” poetry competitions
and recordings. One of Soper’s
recordings of her poetry is up
for a Grammy nomination,
she said. Soper said people do
not have to write poetry for
recognition.
“You never have to read it
to anyone. You can just write
all of your thoughts down.
1 think we are all poets, just
some of us write it down. We
all have feelings. We all have
opinions. That’s what poetry
is,” Soper said.
Soper had those in
attendance write a poem
from the point of view of an
inanimate object.
Candice Garza, founder
of Boots & Tiaras, which
is a non-profit foundation,
founded Boots & Tiaras in
memory of her late nephew
Zavier Ryan Camacho, 4, and
nieces Ciara Leann Camacho,
1, and Faith Nichole Camacho,
2 months, who were murdered
in January 2015 in Port
Lavaca.
“This is something I
wanted to do a year ago after
the tragedy that happened
in our family,” Garza said. “I
think that in a way I wanted to
help people so they wouldn’t go
through what I went through,
what people who were very
close to me went through
losing four family members.”
“I don’t want anyone
to ever have to feel the pain
we felt if it can be helped
in any way. I want to create
awareness, just realizing that
you are a special person, that
everyone is unique. I want
people to find what they are
good at and live your life to the
fullest because tomorrow is
never promised to us,” Garza
said through tears.
Garza’s brother, Jonathan
Camacho, who is the Camacho
children’s father, is serving a
life sentence for their murder,
along with the murder of
their mother, his wife Dulce
Cumpean-Camacho.
Garza was happy with the
turnout.
“It went well. It was all
fun,” Garza said. “I love to
create and organize. I want
to create art within the
community.”
Garza wanted those who
attended the event to find new
means of expression.
“I also wanted people to
learn about self-love. I am
barely learning how to love
myself as a grown woman,
and how important it is to
love yourself, especially in
the early stages of life, how it
is normal and natural to love
yourself,” she said.
The second free event
sponsored by the foundation is
a two-hour, self-defense class
put on by Ashley Reger from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at MidCoast
Fitness and Self-Defense,
located at 123 W. Railroad St.
“Mid-Coast Family
Services will talk about sexual
assault and domestic violence
and the services they provide,”
Garza said. “If you feel like
you are in that situation, and
you don’t know where to go for
help, they will give you their
information.”
“All of these events are
free for now, but soon we will
start fundraising because we
are hoping by next year to
provide at least two Calhoun
High School seniors with
memorial scholarships. It will
be low-income, and Spanish
being their first language, just
like my nieces and nephew,”
Garza said.
Donations can be made
to Boots & Tiaras through an
account at Cal-Com Federal
Credit Union, located at 1401
N. Virginia St.
Tickets are $20 and are available at The Harbor, 215 l/IZ
Railroad, Port Lavaca, & POC Rod and Gun in Port O'Connor.
Tickets include Raffle, event entry, Happy Hour & meal
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