Big Brothers Big Sisters is a donor-supported volunteer youth mentoring organization, which places caring adults in the lives of children in one-to-one mentoring relationships. Through the positive impact of those friendships, children with a Big Brother or Big Sister are more likely to graduate from high school and are less likely to begin using drugs, begin using alcohol or engage in negative conflict. Our professional staff carefully works with both the volunteers and the children to ensure that the experience of Big Brothers Big Sisters is one that is dynamic, fulfilling, memorable and enjoyable for both the child and the volunteer. We offer two main programs for our volunteers; community-based and school-based. Community-based matches participate in activities in Waco you both enjoy, such as visiting the Cameron Park Zoo, playing basketball or visiting the library. Our school-based programs allow volunteers to meet with a child at their school for 30-45 minutes a week, playing board games, reading books or playing kickball. Did you know in addition to being a Big Brother/Sister, you can also be a Big Couple or Big Family? Contact us to learn more! ldevens@bbbstx.org.

 

 

At Care Net of Central Texas we offer practical, compassionate ways to remove the barriers that cause women to choose abortion and provide the opportunity for every woman to make positive choices for herself and for her unborn children. For women who choose to parent, Care Net of Central Texas provides pregnancy support through medical referrals and parenting classes. We also provide information on adoption for clients who want to carry their child, but aren’t ready to parent. All of our services are free and confidential.

The mission of Caritas is “to provide emergency support to people in need in our community.” Caritas helps anyone who has emergency needs regardless of age, sex, or ethnicity. The majorityof recipients are residents of McLennan County. Food, clothing, household items, travel, and emergency lodging are open to anyone in need, regardless of geography. All recipients are interviewed to determine their emergency needs. Many of our recipients are referred by other social service agencies or area churches.

The Food Planning Task Force of McLennan County seeks to ensure that by 2015 all citizens in McLennan County have access to 3 nutritious meals a day, 7 days a week. The FPTFMC seeks to develop a strategic plan to achieve this goal.

Lutheran Ministries and Social Services of Waco (LMSS-Waco) sponsors the Legal Assistance Project, Families in Transition, and Seniors Count programs. The Legal Assistance Project is one of only 14 self-help or assisted pro se legal aid clinics in the State of Texas for self-representing civil litigants. Families in Transition provides support services for relative caregivers who are going through a child custody court process for children who have been placed in their care by CPS. Seniors Count provides free legal education forums and legal documents on advanced health care and end-of-life-decision-making for adults, with a focus on senior citizens and their caregivers.

Meals & Wheels serves Falls, Hill, and McLennan Counties. We provide homedelivered meals to 60+ population, fellowship and food for Senior Center participants, public transportation in rural areas, grocery shopping trips for older adults in Waco, Pet Meals for Meals On Wheels clients, and Groceries to Go for Meals On Wheels clients.

Our Mission is to provide Christian-based holistic, relationship-based programs that empower the poor and marginalized, to mobilize middle-class Americans to become more compassionately involved among the poor, to seek ways to overcome the systemic issues of social injustice which oppress the poor and marginalized

NeighborWorks® Waco is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to build stronger neighborhoods through homeownership. Since 1993, we have built or rehabbed over 200 homes and assisted well over 2,000 families in purchasing their first home. Our services consist of Credit Counseling, Financial Literacy and Homebuyer Education, Down Payment and Closing Cost Assistance, Mortgage Lending, and New Home Construction.

World Hunger Relief, Inc. – www.worldhungerrelief.org