The Guatemalan Mayan Center in Lake Worth Beach, reopened in a new building. Accompanied by authorities and local leaders, entire families enjoyed a morning full of games, sweets for the little ones, food and a typical Guatemalan dance.
The deputy director of the center, Mariana Blanco, assured that the building of the previous center was too small for the more than 16,000 people they help annually. Her new center is located at 1776 Lake Worth Rd. Mariana Blanco sent a message to the entire immigrant community.
“We are super excited on this day, especially being July 1 because we can reopen our center, which is a safe place for the community, and specifically today we want to calm those nerves and make sure that our community feels at home even though they have a community here in the city. of Lake Worth,” Blanco said.
Present at the reopening were Palm Beach County Mayor Greg Weiss, and the Center’s founder, Father Frank. This new downtown building even has a clinic for immigrants who do not have health insurance. For 30 years the Centro Maya Guatemalteco has provided all kinds of help to the immigrant community.
