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🌱 Youth Groups Receive 'Our Tomorrow' Grants + Best Snow Cones?

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Good day, neighbors! Gabriela Couvillion here with a fresh edition of the San Antonio Daily.

First, today's weather:

Nice with plenty of sunshine. High: 72 Low: 41.

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Here are the top stories in San Antonio today:

  1. Eleven "youth-led groups from around San Antonio" recently received $43,000 in grants from Up Partnership's youth voice network, Our Tomorrow. The grant initiative is part of "a pilot program meant to advance various community projects" led by the students. According to Lisa Marie Gomez, UP Partnership's vice president of youth voice and restorative justice, the pilot program was created "in response to young people's request to be active participants in creating solutions to challenges in their community." The students and their mentors "are using their project to make an impact in areas, such as mental health and suicide prevention, food insecurity, tax preparation, professional development and cultivation of social skills." For more details and for a list of funded projects, please visit: (Community Impact Newspaper)
  2. Tickets for Chris Daughtry's performance at the Tobin Center will go on sale on Friday, March 25. Daughtry is "a former American Idol contestant who went on the have a platinum selling recording career." Daughtry and the band that bears his name released a debut album in 2007, which produced "four top 20 hits" and was an "instant big seller." Since then, he "has released six studio albums, with the most recent one released in 2021. Daughtry and his band's performance at the Tobin Center will take place on Monday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m. For more details visit: (550 KTSA)
  3. On Monday, March 21, FOX 29 viewers were asked on social media what their favorite snow cone flavors were, and their responses were pretty interesting! Some flavors mentioned were very unique, such as "half cherry half pickle juice" and "Piccadilly, grape with diced pickles." Others were more original, such as "cherry, orange, strawberry and grape." What snow cone flavor do you think is the best? "CLICK HERE to tell us your favorite flavors" and visit: (FOX 29)

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Today in San Antonio:

  • 2022 Economic Development Council Meeting of the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. For more information visit their website at (northsachamber.com). (8 a.m.)
  • Coffee with The San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at the Conviva Care Center Community Room on San Pedro. (8:30 a.m.)
  • San Antonio TX In-Person Networking Luncheon Event at Anne Marie's Catering and Events. (11:30 a.m.)
  • Jamie Lin Winson's Storytime with Bryon White at 330 East Grayson St. (8 p.m.)

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— 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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