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  • June 1 – Tickets go on sale for Care Net Celebrate Life Banquet with Rick Santorum. Banquet is September 10, 2011  <MORE>
  • June 4 - Neighborworks Day of Service - This year we will be in the North East Riverside neighborhood on Saturday, June 4. Volunteers will gather at East Waco Park (401 Hood St.) at 7:30 AM to form work teams. The teams will then fan out through the surrounding neighborhood to complete projects including planting tree saplings, trimming limbs, hauling away debris, and painting homes. While the volunteers are finishing their work, a celebration will begin at the park at 10:00 am with children’s games such as relay races and water balloon tosses. At Noon, volunteers and neighbors will convene at the park for a FREE lunch and celebration! All are welcome at the celebration luncheon. <MORE>
  • Summer Meals Program – Please let your clients/staff/children you work with know about the opportunity available to kids 1-18 to eat breakfast & lunch for free this summer. You can go to www.mclennanhunger.org/summersites  for a list of sites or you can go to www.summerfood.org  and click on “Eat Right, Find a Site” to put in your address and find the nearest sites to you. Adults can eat for a reduced rate.
  • June 9   McLennan County Hunger Coalition (MCHC) meeting <MORE>
  • June 11 – Wheels of Sharing Mobile Food Pantry at Paul Quinn Campus <MORE>
  • June 15 - Prelude:Gloria night at Olive Branch.  Show this flyer at Olive Branch and 15% of your purchase goes to Prelude:Gloria,  a program that is now part of Mission Waco. Prelude is a orchestral strings camp that also includes service among the poor throughout the camp and following year. <flyer>
  • June 17 – Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition Meeting <MORE>
  • June 18 – Do you need a will?  Do you need a powere of Attorney? Come to free legal clinic — Must RSVP by June 15!
  • June 18 – Wheels of Sharing Mobile Food Pantry at Shepherd’s Heart, 1401 N. 34th street <More> 
  • June 18 – Juneteenth Family Fun Day in the Park  – Free for the entire family! <MORE>
  • June 18 – The Cen – tex African American Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its Annual Juneteenth Celebration at IndianSprings Park. <MORE>
  • June 23 – Waco Habitat for Humanity Information Meeting (Spanish) 
  • June 24 – Baylor Hosts Top Researchers to adddress Poverty, Obesity and other social issues – 2011 Transformative Consumer Research Conference – <MORE>
  • June 27 & 28 – “Engaging Parents”  – Free Community event on Child Success sponsored by Waco ISD and the Greater Waco Education Alliance.  Includes free child care! <MORE>
  • June 28 –  Heart of Texas “Crop Walk for Hunger” Steering Committee Meeting  <MORE>