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Advocates help children who are victims of abuse Maria Lara / Reporter Diana Booth, outreach director for CASA, has been a devoted worker for over seven years. Booth has been fulfilling her life by helping and saving children from unfortunate situations. “My personal mission is helping every child find a forever Christmas. Traditions play a very important role in the holidays and in our families,” Booth said. “Foster children will never know where they will be next Christmas. We want to find them a permanent home so they can carry on their own traditions and pass it on to their kids…

Church gets authentic with tribute to Greece Anastasia Talarantas / Reporter Corpus Christi residents can experience and even get a taste of another culture as the annual Greek Festival returns Nov. 7-9. The Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, at 502 S. Chaparral St., opens its doors to the public to share its traditions, food, religion and, most importantly, dancing. The Greek Festival gives the chance to showcase the church, built in 1950, but also to help keep it open financially. “The membership over the past 60 years has grown so much, and now the public can be a part of us…