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Episode Transcript

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Welcome to Borderline, a service ofiHeartMedia of the Real Grand Valley of Texas.
I'm your host, Frankie D Andonce again we spoke last month.
Our guest today is Nila Hickman.She's the director of operations for Viola's House.
Nila, welcome, Hi, thanksfor having me. Not a problem
now, folks. If you rememberlast month, Viola's House had a big

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diaper distribution in Brownsville that Nila understandof went very well for you went amazing.
Brownsville Moms was so fun, theywere amazing. Well, now we
have another diaper distribution coming up herein the valley. This time it's going
to be in McCallan. Nila,if you would tell us where and McCallen
and when Ellen Julys on se ninthfrom eleven am to one pm at the

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Palm View Recreation Center. Okay,folks, that's at thirty four zero one
Jordan Road and McCallen and you definitelydon't want to miss out now, Nila,
Before more on the diaper distribution,tell us more about Viola House and
what it's all about. Absolutely,Biella's House. We exist to give mothers
love and support during this transitional periodof just becoming a mother. So we

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provide everything you could possibly need foryour baby under the age of three,
and at our big diaper distributions,we have so many different goodies for the
mommies to beside diapers and wives.We have socks, we have a one
season, we have bubbles for thebabies, snacks and so much more in
between, and that is just whatwe do. We provide love and we
like to say that we are thevillage that a mother needs when she's going

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through this transitional period. So obviouslyyour mission for this event and organization is
of course to bring everybody together andhave one big understanding as what it's like
to be a young mother and bringa child into the world and kind of
get them prepared, give them ajump start from the absolutely give them that
major jump start, and just helpthat mother, make sure help that mother

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and child maybe not have to choosebetween clothes and food and or diapers and
food, and we can take thatoption off the plate by helping give you
the essentials you need for your children. Nina, I know here in the
Rouge Grand Valley, we have communitiesthat are always looking to help each other

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out. How can someone possibly,let's say, donate or volunteer or otherwise
contribute year round for Viola's House.Yes, year round. You can always
go to Viola's House dot org.You can sign up to volunteer at our
events. You can sign up tobecome an ambassador where your monthly gets help
us serve these mothers and help usdo event on this magnitude and that's Violashouse

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dot org. There you go,folks, Viola's House dot org. And
once again it's right around the cornerbig McCallen diaper distribution. It's coming up
on the twenty ninth, eleven amto one pm. They're going to be
out at Palm View Community Center atthirty four zero one Jordan Road in McCallen.
Make sure you visit that website formore information. And it's more about

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it's more than just diaper distribution,all kinds of information that you'll need to
know and find out more about.Once again, Nila Hickman joining us here.
She's the director of operations for Viola'sHouse. Nila, thank you so
much for the time, looking forwardto the event. Thank you guys so
much. We look forward to survey