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Benicia Sister Cities recounts 45 years of aid to Tula, Hidalgo
Summary
Members of the Benicia–Tula Sister Cities Association described recent visits and long-term projects including a school built in 1985, donated fire trucks, an ambulance and other community aid during a council presentation.
Mary Frances Kelly Poe, president of the Benicia–Tula Sister Cities Association, and Richard Tyson presented a recap of a delegation visit to Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico, highlighting decades of exchanges and concrete humanitarian support. The group said the Benicia community and local Rotary clubs helped fund or arrange the construction and later rehabilitation of a two-room mountain school (1985), donated two fire trucks (2003) and a Mercedes ambulance, and assisted with bridge repairs after flooding.
Tyson described remote villages the delegation visited, the safety and access challenges posed by a river that floods during rainy seasons, and low-cost engineering solutions Rotary partners proposed for culvert and bridge improvements. "We visited two villages... their only access across the river to San Miguel and to the various supply stores and the school is the pedestrian bridge," Tyson said during his slides; staff and council members thanked the association for sustaining the 45-year relationship.
The presentation was received as informational; council acknowledged the cultural and humanitarian benefits of long-standing sister-city ties.
