Sara Lucy, founder of Street News SA, was awarded by the Texas for her tremendous work as a community servant.
Sara’s selfless style of giving, which is in tune with her creator, lends to one of the most active, connected, and compassionate communities of givers living right here in San Antonio.
Sara was honored on the floor of the Texas House by Representative Josey Garcia alongside other local heroes like King Kyle Lee, rapper, activist, and founder of the Anti-Bully Gang in recognition of their individual and grassroots movements that serve to catalyze compassion, resilience, and civic duty across Texas.
Started during the pandemic, Street News SA started as a Facebook community page tasked with connecting neighbors in need of basics like groceries, water, or health supplies to their neighbors who, in turn, had the desired supplies.
With the need during that period showing all-time highs, and love and generosity of a connected community, the FB page and community orchestrated by Sara Lucy began to flourish immediately.
Now, years later, the community is empowered and active with members who regularly post in the online Facebook posts and chat windows.
The mission of Street News SA is neighbors who help neighbors in all needs.
Through the four main pillars of Keep SA Warm(/cool), Keep SA Fed, Keep SA Clean, and Keep SA Lit (literature & arts), the nonprofit group has surely built upon a cult following and a growing group of passionate community members who are ready at a moment’s notice to lend a hand, donate a blanket, or attend a plate sale all in efforts of making San Antonio a safe-city that truly feels like one big family.
That’s a tall task for some, but in this community, the members who contribute in the posts and comments on the Facebook page are the real stars, the lights of our community who shine brightly upon the people who may need an emergency plumber or a recommendation for a baker of cakes to make the statement at a local quinceañera party.
The generous spirit of the Street News SA community was on full display when a local senior home lost functionality to the HVAC units that supplied cooling and air conditioning to several members’ living spaces.
A member shared a post asking for box fans, and it was quickly re-shared through the community, and extensions started pouring in from many parts of town. A Street News street captain from the Southside commented on the post with 10 fans available to pick up. Another couple donated a few more fans, and even some art to cheer up the sweltering seniors. Even a local county commissioner got in on the act, donating an additional supply of box fans.
And just like that, within hours, the seniors were served with cool air and a reprieve from the stagnant air that lingered in the hot evenings on the Eastside.
Neighbors helping neighbors.
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