Future Events:
May - Contribute donations for JUNKfest ‘08 (Join Us for a New Kingdom) A community-wide garage sale. - Throughout May volunteers will collect donations. All proceeds from the sale will go to Mission Waco/World Hunger Relief’s efforts in Ferrier, Haiti. The goal is to love our neighbors in Haiti through the redistribution and reclaiming of our excess junk — to salvage the old in order to recapture the vision that another world is possible. Volunteers will to come pick up your old junk. Please call Stephen @ 281.615.4670, or email junkfest08@gmail.com. Actual garage sale date is May 31st, Calvary Baptist Church Parking Lot. For more information about how you can help click here: JUNKfest info.
May 16 — Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition meeting – 11:45 a.m., City of Waco hosting at Catholic Charities Onward & Upward Building, 4709 Bosque Blvd. — The HOT Homeless Coalition was formed for charitable and educational purposes relating to the promotion, support, development, and furtherance of rehabilitation services, resources and treatment programs for persons who are homeless in the Heart of Texas Region of the State of Texas. All meetings of the Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition are held on the third Friday of the month, unless it conflicts with a holiday. Lunch is served at 11:45am and the meeting starts promptly at 12:00pm noon. To RSVP for lunch, please call Trisha at Caritas at (254) 753-4593 x203 or send an email to pccaritas@grandecom.net. For information about membership, see the Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition website: www.hothomeless.org.
May 17 - The Bubble Festival: A Foster Care Awareness Event - 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bledsoe Miller Recreation Center, 300 Martin Luther King Blvd. Sponsored by the Department of Family and Protective Services in McClennan County in cooperation with several non-profits, The Bubble Festival is an educational and inspirational event inviting the community to become educated and involved concerning the needs of the foster care system. Come learn how you can get involved in changing the life of a child. If you belong to a group that provides services to children or plays a role in the foster system, you are invited to call to reserve a table so you can directly bring information and awareness to all who attend. For questions or to reserve a table call Sherry Harris 254-750-9210. For a flyer describing the event, click here: Bubble Festival Flyer.
May 20 — Improving Communication between Health Professionals and Older Patients: Geriatric Health Literacy, 9:30 am - 3 pm, Family Health Center Lecture Hall, 1600 Providence Dr., Waco. Workshop will prepare participants to examine their communication skills with older adults. This will include discussion on hearing and visual impairments common in later life as well as the challenges of working in bi-lingual environments. Models of health care literacy will be offered along with practical suggestions from a panel of health care providers from our community. CEUs available. No cost for workshop or CEUs. For more information contact Amanda Thomas (254-753-4392 X12 or Tony Dinuzzo, Ph.D. Phone: 409-772-5367, E-mail: adinuzzo@utmb.edu. Click here for more information: Geriatric Health Literacy Brochure and Registration.
May 20 - World Hunger Relief, Inc. Kitchen Dedication and Pounding - 7 pm, World Hunger Relief Farm, Education Building. — Through the generosity of the Paul & Jane Meyer Family Foundation, the Salome Family Fund, and the hard work of many staff, interns and volunteers, World Hunger Relief, inc has completed the addition of a new kitchen for intern families and remodeled the Education Building’s community kitchen into a commercial-grade facility. Please join them for refreshments and a dedication of the two kitchens. Bring your family and a friend, and feel free to bring a gift to help stock the kitchens - anything from food staples to a selection from the registries listed on the attached invitation: WHRI Pounding Invitation.
May 27 — Steering Committee Meeting for Heart of Texas CROP walk - 5:30, Seeds of Hope Publishers Office, Leuschner Building, Seventh & James Baptist Church, 602 James Avenue - Come help organize this annual fundraiser for relief and development locally and around the world. Funds will go to the national and international work of Church World Service, and locally to Caritas of Waco. Call Katie Cook at 755-7745 for directions.
May 31 — JUNKfest ‘08 (Join Us for a New Kingdom) A community-wide garage sale. Calvary Baptist Church parking lot. All proceeds from the sale will go to Mission Waco/World Hunger Relief’s efforts in Ferrier, Haiti. The goal is to love our neighbors in Haiti through the redistribution and reclaiming of our excess junk — to salvage the old in order to recapture the vision that another world is possible. For more information call Stephen @ 281.615.4670, or email junkfest08@gmail.com. For more information about how you can help, click here: JUNKfest info.
June 3 – Spring Gardening Series at the World Hunger Farm. – From our desire to encourage more gardening in the Waco area, we have created a four-part class series designed to help people grow better vegetables and pass on gardening knowledge in the community. Cost: $25.E-mail localeducation@worldhungerrelief.org for more information.
June 7– Spring Gardening Series at the World Hunger Farm. – From our desire to encourage more gardening in the Waco area, we have created a four-part class series designed to help people grow better vegetables and pass on gardening knowledge in the community. Cost: $25.E-mail localeducation@worldhungerrelief.org for more information.
June 12- McLennan County Hunger Coalition (MCHC) meeting - 12-1, Caritas of Waco Conference Room, 300 S. 15th. A loose-knit group of food pantry representatives and other folks who want to be strong local advocates regarding hunger issues in McClennan County and elsewhere, the MCHC meets monthly, usually on the second Thursday of each month. Visitors are welcome. For more information contact Esther Morales at 753-3545 or foodoutreach@grandecom.net
June 13- Helping Network Meeting - 12:00 - 1:00, Austin Avenue Methodist Church, 1300 Austin Avenue. Helping Network meets monthly to give representatives of local ministries an opportunity to share information and ideas. For more information e-mail: rheyduck@austinavenueumc.org
June 14 - Open Table University training - 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 515 Columbus Ave. The training is free to any person and/or church that is interested in learning more about the Open Table. To sign up or for more information contact: rosemary_townsend@baylor.edu. For more information about The Open Table, click here: www.theopentable.org .
June 20 — Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition meeting - 11:45 a.m., Compassion Ministries, 1421 Austin Ave. The HOT Homeless Coalition was formed for charitable and educational purposes relating to the promotion, support, development, and furtherance of rehabilitation services, resources and treatment programs for persons who are homeless in the Heart of Texas Region of the State of Texas. All meetings of the Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition are held on the third Friday of the month, unless it conflicts with a holiday. Lunch is served at 11:45am and the meeting starts promptly at 12:00pm noon. To RSVP for lunch, please call Trisha at Caritas at (254) 753-4593 x203 or send an email to pccaritas@grandecom.net. For information about membership, see the Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition website: http://hothomeless.org.
June 24 — Steering Committee Meeting for Heart of Texas CROP walk - 5:30, Seeds of Hope Publishers Office, Leuschner Building, Seventh & James Baptist Church, 602 James Avenue - Come help organize this annual fundraiser for relief and development locally and around the world. Funds will go to the national and international work of Church World Service, and locally to Caritas of Waco. Call Katie Cook at 755-7745 for directions.
July 10 - McLennan County Hunger Coalition (MCHC) meeting - 12-1, Caritas of Waco Conference Room, 300 S. 15th. A loose-knit group of food pantry representatives and other folks who want to be strong local advocates regarding hunger issues in McClennan County and elsewhere, the MCHC meets monthly, usually on the second Thursday of each month. Visitors are welcome. For more information contact Esther Morales at 753-3545 or foodoutreach@grandecom.net
July 11 - Helping Network Meeting - 12:00 - 1:00, Austin Avenue Methodist Church, 1300 Austin Avenue. Helping Network meets monthly to give representatives of local ministries an opportunity to share information and ideas. For more information e-mail: rheyduck@austinavenueumc.org
July 17-20 - “No Need among You: A Texas Style CCDA Institute - The BGCT, Mission Waco, and Christian Women’s Job Corps will collaborate to offer three outstanding days of learning and experience in Waco. Learn the basics of Christian-based community development, how to create holistic programs, ways to reframe poverty issues for teaching the poor, how to empower the poor to lead, and even experience a “world banquet” and Church Under the Bridge. Hear from Dr. John Perkins , founder of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA), one of America’s most profound leaders in Christian community development. Choose from some outstanding workshops or CCDA institute classes which will help you understand empowerment as a model of urban ministry. This will be a statewide opportunity you will not want to miss! Registration details soon! CCDA is a national association made up of over 3,000 individuals and more than 500 organizations working to inspire and train Christians who seek to bear witness to the Kingdom of God by reclaiming and restoring under-resourced communities. For more information visit their website: http://www.ccda.org/
July 18 — Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition meeting -11:45, Heart of Texas Region MHMR, 110 S. 12th St. The HOT Homeless Coalition was formed for charitable and educational purposes relating to the promotion, support, development, and furtherance of rehabilitation services, resources and treatment programs for persons who are homeless in the Heart of Texas Region of the State of Texas. All meetings of the Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition are held on the third Friday of the month, unless it conflicts with a holiday. Lunch is served at 11:45am and the meeting starts promptly at 12:00pm noon. To RSVP for lunch, please call Trisha at Caritas at (254) 753-4593 x203 or send an email to pccaritas@grandecom.net. For information about membership, see the Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition website: www.hothomeless.org.
July 19 — Ruby Payne’s “Bridges Out of Poverty” Training — Certified trainer Scott Talley will be offering a six-hour training on nationally recognized Ruby Payne’s method of understanding and helping lower-income persons overcome their barriers. Last year hundreds of participants attended a similar workshop. Details soon, but hold those dates! Some fee will be charged. For more information on Ruby Payne, click here:
www.ahaprocess.com . This workshop is a part of the “No Need among You” institute (see above.)
July 22 — Steering Committee Meeting for Heart of Texas CROP walk - 5:30, Seeds of Hope Publishers Office, Leuschner Building, Seventh & James Baptist Church, 602 James Avenue - Come help organize this annual fundraiser for relief and development locally and around the world. Funds will go to the national and international work of Church World Service, and locally to Caritas of Waco. Call Katie Cook at 755-7745 for directions.
July 26 — Greater Bohemian Open Golf Tournament, Benefiting Caritas of Waco – For more information contact Caritas, 254-753-4593 or caritas@grandecom.net.
(Do you know of a hunger/poverty related event in the near future that should be on this list? Would you like to receive an e-mail when this list is updated? E-mail: Ashley_Thornton@baylor.edu.)
Notes and Resources from Past Events:
Bread for the World Offering of Letters Workshop 2008 – A group of church and organization representatives met for three hours on Saturday, February 16,2008, at Austin Avenue Methodist Church to learn about Bread for the World in general and this year’s offering of letters in particular.