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Spinning a good yarn: Donations to Port Aransas heading to coast on Friday
Community
Staff Report on October 11, 2017
Spinning a good yarn: Donations to Port Aransas heading to coast on Friday

An instructor at the Kyle Correctional Facility shows men how to crochet stuffed animals. The correctional facility inmates crocheted more than 30 animals to send to Port Aransas and have also sent hundreds of animals to the police and sheriff’s departments for children in trauma. (courtesy photo)

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] team from the Hays Free Press and local residents will deliver hundreds of stuffed animals for children returning to school in Port Aransas this week.

In addition, a $500 chec...

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