By PAULA ANN SOLIS Staff Writer

With no end in sight to the overwhelming influx of immigrants from Central America, one shelter, La Posada Providencia in San Benito, has found a source of temporary relief in a $25,000 grant.

The gift was awarded by the John G. and Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation based in Corpus Christ. Their grants are reserved for Texas organizations that aim to break cycles of poverty through education and faith, according to the foundation’s website.

Anna Shultz, director of development at La Posada’s sponsor group, the Sisters of Divine Providence, said this grant is the largest one La Posada has received from the Kenedy foundation and comes at a time of immense need… (Click here to continue reading on the Valley Morning Star’s website.)