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Salvation Army launches annual Kettle Campaign
By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera (Seguin) – Expect the bells to sound a little louder during this year’s Salvation Army Kettle Campaign. After patiently waiting, Salvation Army units across the country were
recently given the go ahead to launch their local campaigns within their own communities. The wait came after questions about safety were being addressed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. See BELLS RING page 3
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Area boy with ties to Seguin in search of kidney donor
(Seguin) -- If you came across the smile of 11-year-old Will Snipes, Jr., you probably wouldn’t be able to even begin to imagine the challenges that plague this young man and his family - challenges that have them looking for that someone who will help save his life.
During this week of Thanksgiving, Snipe’s mother, Vanessa, is not only thankful for her son but is hopeful that her son will soon be matched with a kidney donor. She says since he was born, her son has “faced more challenges in his (few) years than most will ever see in a lifetime.” She says born three months premature, Will was diagnosed with a host of health conditions including Joubert Syndrome, a rare genetic condition which limits the boy’s speech and mobility. Snipes says that condition has now created new problems for his kidneys. “At this point, he is in complete kidney failure. He is currently doing dialysis three times a week for three hours and of course, that takes up an entire day for driving from Canyon Lake to downtown San Antonio at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital and so, we are currently looking for living kidney donors so that we he has a greater chance of living a longer life because later down the road, he will need another
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transplant and so the living donor will be the way to go at the moment and that’s what we are trying to achieve and we’ve had a great list going almost 22 strong heroes that want to help him so we just need to keep adding on to it so that way if someone isn’t a match, then the next one might be so that’s what we are hoping for right now,” said Snipes. Despite all his difficulties over the years including those he faces today, Snipes says her son remains happy and friendly. See SNIPES page 2