MARCH 20, 2024 www.wintertexantimes.com 6 WINTER TEXAN TIMES Reunions are a great time to catch up with friends, old and new. Here we will feature reunions and meetings that are happening throughout the Valley. We hope that if you are having such a meeting, you will send the information to us so we can help you spread the word. Right now, there are several meetings already taking place. Red Hatters are getting together on at least a monthly basis. If you would like to share your information, please send it in. If you have a great photo from your reunion or meeting, we would love to see that too. You can send your information to news@wintertexantimes.com. RGVWoodcarvers The RGV Woodcarvers are meeting at the Nomad Shrine Club, 1044 W. Nolana Blvd., in Pharr every Thursday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. through March. For more information, visit their website at www.rgvwoodcarvers.org. Model Rail Roading & Railroaders Model Rail Roading & Railroaders have started getting together. Anyone interested in joining the group can join them Monday through Friday at the Hidalgo Pumphouse. Call Red at (313) 532-8549 for more information. 3M Retirees and Friends Welcome 3M Retirees and Friends will meet on Wednesday, March 20 at 10:30 a.m. at Victoria Palms Restaurant in Donna. Call Louise at (612) 916-9236 for information. Submarine Veterans The Submarine Veterans will meet for lunch at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 21, (every third Thursday of the month through March) at Junction Café, 115 Cage Blvd., in Pharr. For more information, call Larry at (715) 305-0401. Magic Valley PEO Retirement Group The Magic Valley Retirement PEO Group will meet on Tuesday, March 26, 11:30 a.m. at the home of Julianne Carlson, at 11:30 a.m. Bring a sack lunch. This will be our last meeting until next January. For reservations, call Connie Garrels at (402) 641-0125. The McAllen Heritage Center Museum of History and Culture is very pleased to present the newest exhibit, courtesy of the Bullock Texas State History Museum. They will host a special open house and reception event on Thursday, March 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. “Not Alone: Working together in the Fight against Human Trafficking” has been on display since March 6 and will run through April 10, 2024, and is sponsored by the Zonta Club of West Hidalgo County. The panel exhibit educates visitors about human trafficking and gives them a sense of hope and empowerment in combating the issue. Human trafficking is one of the most significant issues facing comMcAllen Heritage to host open house munities today, yet it is commonly misunderstood and often undetected. Recent statistics suggest there are hundreds of thousands of labor and sex trafficking victims in Texas at any given time. The exhibition centers on a series of questions that guides visitors to understand what human trafficking is and explore the human stories and current landscape of sex and labor trafficking. Visitors to the exhibit will learn who can be a target, the tools and techniques traffickers use to target individuals and keep them captive, and the roles healthy relationships and social media play in trafficking. The exhibit is geared toward empowering visitors to not just be bystanders, but upstanders in identifying trafficking and becoming advocates for themselves and others. Visitors will view a series of videos featuring trafficking survivors and advocates answering the exhibit’s guiding questions; take home an art activity that promotes healthy self-esteem; discover artifacts that reflect survivors’ stories of resilience, strength, and self-empowerment; understand who’s affected, what makes someone vulnerable, and warning signs that someone is being trafficked; learn about how traffickers lure people in and maintain control over them; and gain resources to assist those exploited and concrete steps of how to enlist aid. There is no admission fee for the museum, although door donations are accepted and there is free parking for visitors in the rear parking area. For more information about the museum or “Not Alone,” please call the museum at (956) 681-2860 or email info@mcallenheritagecenter. com. The museum is located at 301 S. Main St.
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