New San Antonio center looks to help struggling neighbors [Video]

Volunteers spend their Mondays helping those in need by offering food, clothes and haircuts at the Impact Center.

SAN ANTONIO — A new center in west San Antonio is now open, its purpose evident in its name.

The Impact Center hopes to make an impact on people who are on the streets and struggling.

Pastor Jimmy Robles of Last Chance Ministries said transforming lives starts by building relationships.

“We don’t call them prostitutes,” he said. “We don’t call them heroin addicts. We don’t call them homeless. As you can tell, we call them by their name.”

Pastor Robles has had the west-side building for several years. It is located off North Zarzamora Street, near West Poplar.

“We don’t want to be that church that are out there screaming, ‘You are going to go to hell,’ this and that,” he said. “We are not here to judge.”

Recently, he decided to …

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