Lending a hand

By Jaime Richardson, www.gvnews.com
Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:38 PM MST

Foundation helps non-profits on both sides of the border

Before they were separated by an international fence, the sister-cities of Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, were a community one in the same.

Many residents still view the cities as split halves of the same historic community, crossing over every day — in both directions — to go to work or to visit family.

That’s one reason the Santa Cruz Community Foundation,headquartered on the U.S. side, partners with a sister organization in Sonora, FESAC (Fundación del Empresariado Sonorense), to help fund about 30 non-profit organizations on both sides of the border. They range from groups that promote art education in schools, to literacy centers, to volunteer-run soup kitchens for migrants who have ..... (MORE)