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🌱 Eastside Home Volunteer Effort + SAACS Pet Foster Event + Meeting 2

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Hey, neighbors! It's me again, Gabriela Couvillion, your host of the San Antonio Daily.

First, today's weather:

Humid; windy in the morning. High: 86 Low: 73.

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Here are the top stories in San Antonio today:

  1. On Saturday, April 3, volunteers with the San Antonio's Office of Historic Preservation, along with Rehabber Club and Students Together Achieving Revitalization, "repaired window screens, porch columns and any other maintenance" at a historic home on the East side of town. Cory Edwards from the Historic Preservation Society said that the house was built in 1895, and the homeowner has lived there since 1955. The home renovation work was "provided at no cost to the homeowner," and according to a city official, "events like this one shows the power we have to help neighbors in need." For more information and for a video visit: (FOX 29)
  2. San Antonio Animal Care Services (SAACS) will be hosting a "SAACS (Bottle) Baby Shower" community event to encourage fostering" of animals in the shelter. The event will be held on Saturday, April 23 from 9-11 a.m. at 4710 State Highway 151. "Attendees will meet with shelter placement staff to discuss ways to identify truly orphaned puppies and kittens," and will get "free and low-cost spay-neuter information." In addition, they will be taught "how to feed and care for the youngest pets SAACS needs foster care for," as those animals "often referred to as bottle babies...are completely dependent on their human foster parents for feeding until they are roughly 4 to 6 weeks old." To RSVP for the event, go to SAACS Facebook page ASanAntonioACS and if you can't make the event that day, sign up at www.saacs.info/orphanfoster. You can also help by donating an item from SAACS's Amazon wish list at www.saacs.info/orphanwishlist. For more information visit: (Press Release Desk)
  3. The second of a series of public meetings for the City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department and Public Works Department will be held on Tuesday, April 26 from 6-8 p.m. at the Witte Museum, located at 3801 Broadway. The meeting will be "regarding the Brackenridge Park 2017 Bond Project" and the community will have an opportunity "to sign up to speak in person" starting at 5 p.m. that day. The meeting will also be live streamed on SASpeakUp.comand the Park's YouTube channel. The third meeting of the series "is scheduled for Tuesday, May 24 with a fourth meeting date pending." For meeting details visit https://saspeakup.com/BrackenridgePark and read: (Press Release Desk)

Today in San Antonio:

From my notebook:

  • "Join us every weekend until Sunday, May 8 for 'On a Stick Festival' at the San Antonio Zoo! We're bringing all the wild foods, drinks, and fun of your favorite festivals in and around the Lone Star State all in one place! The event is included with Standard Admission tickets and is free for Members." (Facebook)
  • "A neighbor from Wilshire Terrace recommends the Texas Roadhouse in Hollywood Park. They suggest the bone in ribeye which they really enjoyed, but overall, it's all great food and service. " (Nextdoor)
  • "It's not too early to start making holiday plans for the Ford Holiday River Parade at The San Antonio River Walk! This annual event will get you in the holiday spirit for the season. For tickets and details visit https://bit.ly/3nb4oge." (Facebook)

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That's it for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Gabriela Couvillion

About me: I'm an active mom of two grown sons and lifelong San Antonio resident. I received a BA in Spanish from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and in my free time I immerse myself in creative writing. Thanks for reading Patch, and feel free to reach out if you have any news and happenings you think may appeal to our readers!

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