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Ray of Hope looking for new location
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Ray of Hope is suddenly without a home.The local non-profit organization known for working diligently with referrals from Child Protective Services along with other approved agencies to provide the basic needs of children in crisis returned to Manteca last September and is going through some tough times.According to executive director Laura Vieira Saunders, Ray of Hope and other places in the South Mellon Avenue industrial building were recently ousted.She alleged that one of the building’s owners put them in this bind by walking away.“There was no notice,” Saunders said on Monday. “They collected our money (for the past three months) and never paid the rent on the building.”As a non-profit, she’s in the process of waiting for certain funding to come in. By that, Ray of Hope is without the funds to up and move.