Linda Hodge , recreation superintendent with the Corpus Christi Park and Recreation Department, which provides swimming programs and sports camps and other opportunities for youth. Michael Raymond , executive director of the Corpus Christi Public Housing Authority, who said his agency will apply for grants for programs that could help prevent gang violence. Anne Baker , executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Corpus Christi, a non-profit group that offers opportunities for children to swim, play games and receive education on gang and drug resistance. For information, call 853-2505. Mariah Boone , program manager at the city s Juvenile Assessment Center, a temporary holding facility for children brought in for violating curfew or breaking other laws.
Children receive counseling and referrals and are turned over to their parents.
For information, call 299-1402. Elaine Rodriguez Giovannini , program manager with YOU - Youth Opportunities United, which provides children with a variety of personal development services including instruction on applying for jobs, training in community service and field trips to museums. No one from the neighborhood attended the meetings, Smith said. Such community meetings are held periodically all over Corpus Christi, and it's not unusual for an entire neighborhood to fail to respond, Smith said. People often don't care about crime unless it happens at their doorstep.