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  • April 1- Talitha Koum Easter Parade of Fun – Sunday, April 1st, 1 to 4pm at the Earle-Harrison House and Pape Gardens. $15 for children. $5 for adults. Benefits the Talitha Koum Institute. <MORE>
  • April 2 – Act Locally Waco Book Club — Please join us for the second meeting of the Act Locally Waco Book Club.  We will be reading American Dream by Jason DeParle .   We will meet at 6:00 on Monday, April 2 at the home of Meg Cooper, 527 N. 15th.  Snacks available.  Please RSVP to Ashley_Thornton@baylor.edu.
  • April 10 – “Fashion with a Passion” Style Show benefitting Mission Waco’s Performing Arts Programs and scholarships. <MORE>
  • April 12 – McLennan County Hunger Coalition Meeting <MORE>
  • April 14 – Care Net will be having its 2012 Walk for Life will be on April 14 at Hart-Patterson Track and Field Complex. Stay tuned for more details!
  • April 14 - Spring Farm Day at World Hunger Relief, inc. –Farm Day will be April 14th, from 9-4. There will be farm-fresh food, tours of the farm, hayrides, children’s art activities, and demonstrations and items for sale from local artisans. Plants, grass-fed meat, and seeds will be for sale. Live music will be played throughout the day. The Village Store will be open all day, and offers fairly-traded food, art, and crafts from around the world. Educational and informational booths will also be featured.

New Farm Day Event: Farm Day adds 5K bike ride – As a new addition to Spring Farm Day ( World Hunger Relief is inviting families or teams to join in a 5K fun bike ride to help raise support for our work in alleviating hunger. All funds raised up to $10,000 will be matched by Christian Mission Concerns! <MORE>

  • April 14- L.I.F.T. Workshop for Low Income Families in Transition on April 14 from 9AM-2PM at the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church of Waco at 5th and Clay (Waco Transit, Route 9). Free child care will be provided. Over 30 nonprofits and government agencies plus TSTC, MCC, career counselors, and family budgeting friends will be present to help families. Each attendee will be paired with an advocate to evaluate the attendee’s needs, to walk alongside the attendee, and to develop a plan to help the attendee achieve economic viability and self sufficiency goals. If you’d like to be an advocate at the April 14 workshop, a short training is required. There are two optional training dates: (1) Tues., April 10, 6PM-7:30PM, at the Baylor School of Social Work (Room 211) at 800 Washington; or (2) Thurs., April 12, 6PM-7:30PM, in the Large Parlor at First Baptist Church of Waco at 5th and Clay. E-mail Julie Covington at julie_covington@baylor.edu  if you’d like to be an advocate! We encourage anyone who has relationship with a family in crisis to invite and walk alongside that family at the workshop as an advocate. Thank you for your commitment to families.
  • April 19 –  Urban Gardening Coalition (UGC) Monthly Meeting. 6pm. Brazos River Plaza Community Room – 715 Elm St, East Waco. Join us for our monthly meeting – to discuss all things gardening in the Heart of Texas. Our website is hotugc.org and our events page is http://hotugc.org/upcoming-events/ . For more information contact Zacary Bryan (zacugc@gmail.com ).
  • April 20 – Urban Gardening Coalition our annual harvest celebration at the Baylor University Community Garden from 3-6. The Heart of Texas Urban Gardening Coalition (UGC) is gathering youth from across Waco who have participated in school and community garden clubs, for the fourth annual Harvest Celebration, as part of the Global Youth Service Day. Vegetables planted on MLK Day and throughout the spring will be harvested and shared, allowing gardeners to reflect on the progress of the garden. Students who have participated in garden clubs across the city will be recognized. There will be food and fair style educational activities. For more information contact Zacary Bryan (zacugc@gmail.com).
  • April 20 –  Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition Meeting <MORE>
  • April 20 -16th Annual Central Texas Youth Connection One Day Conference – Moving Forward: Effective Ways to Reach our Youth <MORE>
  • April 21 - Central Texas Metropolitan Community Church will be assisting people with filling out and faxing SNAP applications on Saturday, February 18 (and the third Saturday of every month), from 9:00 a.m. until 2pm. <MORE>
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