Organization for Disaster Relief Awarded a Texas Rural Communities, Inc. Grant to Support Disadvantaged Maverick County Students
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021
Texas Rural Communities, Inc. (TDR), a non-profit organization in Texas, Executive Director Sandra Tenorio announced on Thursday, February 11, 2021 that the Organization for Disaster Relief (ODR) in Eagle Pass, Texas was awarded a $5,500 grant to support Maverick County disadvantaged students in grades Pre-K through 12.
ODR is a non-profit organization in Eagle Pass originally organized in 2007 to assist Maverick County residents affected by the deadly Rosita Valley tornado as well as all persons affected by natural disasters in Maverick County.
TDR is dedicated to long-term assistance of rural communities, individuals, groups, and support organizations in creating, sustaining and enabling self-sufficient, viable rural development enterprises that improve or maintain the quality of rural life, through independent and cooperative ventures.
The Texas Rural Communities, Inc. grant to ODR is unique in that the funds will be used to provide educational support services such as school supplies, backpacks, and hygiene kits to economically deprived children receiving on-line or in-school instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic in Maverick County.
ODR’s Board of Directors include Dr. Claudia Rodriguez-Wright, President, Enrique Montalvo, Vice-President, Romelia Cardona, Secretary, and Board members Lana Harper and Ruben Herrera.
ODR thanked Texas Rural Communities, Inc. for the grant to support and assist disadvantaged students in Maverick County during the COVID-19 pandemic afflicting the United States and worldwide.
ODR wishes to thank all local governmental leaders in Maverick County for their continued support of the organization’s mission to assist disadvantaged Maverick County residents affected by natural disasters.
