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For the Children

Hali Bernstein Saylor/Boulder City Review

Christina Vela, left, executive director of St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, and Brittany McCoy, right, development director for St. Jude’s, accepted a $1,000 donation from Cokie Booth, president of the Boulder City Community Club, during the group’s meeting Oct. 24 . Vela told club members about St. Jude’s services to help children in the foster care system and its plans to create a facility to help sex trafficking victims.

By Hali Bernstein Saylor

Boulder City Review

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