Celebrating Keep Waco Beautiful as our 5th Charity Champion!

Listen to their podcast episode:

Executive Director Ashely Crownover tells us how Keep Waco Beautiful helps the city look good through conversation, cleanups, and education.

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TFNB Your Bank For Life and 360 Solutions are happy to recognize Keep Waco Beautiful at Thursday’s Baylor game versus West Virginia. They’re the 5th nonprofit honored this season.

KWTX Interview with Julie Hays:

Game Day:

Children’s Advocacy of Central Texas honored as 3rd Charity Champion of the season.

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TFNB Your Bank For Life and 360 Solutions are happy to recognize Children’s Advocacy Center of Central Texas at Saturday’s Baylor game versus Iowa State. They’re the 3rd nonprofit honored this season.

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We welcomed Executive Director Michelle Carter into the studio to talk about the Children’s Advocacy Center of Central Texas. Listen below!

Game Day Podcast Featuring John Morris

See Children's Advocacy Center on KWTX with Julie Hays!

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More about Children's Advocacy Center of Central Texas

At Children’s Advocacy Center Of Central Texas (CACCT), their mission is to provide comprehensive services to protect, promote healing, and enhance the quality of life for abused and neglected children. No child should have to experience that kind of pain and horror. They work tirelessly to create bright futures for children who have suffered this injustice.

In 2017, more than 1,400 children were confirmed victims of child abuse in Central Texas. These children need specialized services, starting with investigation and proceeding through rehabilitation. Our programs are designed to reduce the effects of trauma on these young children and ensure that collaborative investigation and recovery services are available for them.

Pictures of Children's Advocacy Center at the Baylor game!

Baylor Game Day Video!

Communities in Schools Honored as Second Charity Champion

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Listen to the Communities in Schools podcast

Randy Lane sits down with Mike Harper, Executive Director of Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas. They talk about how CIS helps students stay in school. Mike talks about how Communities in Schools uses mentors, small groups, and school-wide activities to help kids flourish.

The mission of Communities In Schools of the Heart of Texas is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Find out more by visiting cishot.org

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Communities in Schools with KWTX:

No Limitations honored as first Charity Champion of 2019!

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No Limitations honored on the field during the first Baylor game of the year. Addy, one of No Limitations athletes, lifts the plaque high!

Listen to the No Limitations podcast

Executive Director Coleen Heaton tells us how No Limitations helps those with developmental or physical challenges participate in sports and other activities.

No Limitations provides athletic and social opportunities for those with special needs in our community. No Limitations is our first Champion of the 2019 season. Keep an eye out for them on the field this Saturday as Baylor University takes on Stephen F. Austin!

Learn more about No Limitations at nolimitationswaco.com

Watch their video:

Watch their gameday video here:

No Limitations on KWTX:

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PODCAST: Feeding Waco’s Hungry with Shepherd’s Heart

Shepherd’s heart started as a food pantry helping food-insecure families in Waco. Now they’re feeding more than 29,000 families each year. Shepherd’s Heart also operates a resell shop and teaches life-skills classes to try and break the cycles of poverty in the community. 

Learn more on the Shepherd’s Heart website. Follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

About the Charity Champions Podcast

The Charity Champions Podcast is co-hosted by Dale Smith, Director of Community Outreach for TFNB Your Bank For Life, and Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. Together they invite Charity Champions and the people they help into the Triangle Tower podcast studio to hear the stories behind the champions.

 

EP 19: Creating Families with Nightlight Christian Adoptions

Randy and Dale sit down with Nightlight Christian Adoptions Waco Executive Director Erin Wheeler-Cerone to talk about how they help find loving Christian homes for children put up for adoption. We discuss domestic, international, and embryo adoption. Erin also tells us how adoptive parents should approach telling their kids about the process.

Learn more about Nightlight at: https://www.nightlight.org/texas-office/

About the Charity Champions Podcast

The Charity Champions Podcast is co-hosted by Dale Smith, Director of Community Outreach for TFNB Your Bank For Life, and Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. Together they invite Charity Champions and the people they help into the Triangle Tower podcast studio to hear the stories behind the champions.

EP 18: Gameday Special

Happy Thanksgiving week, everyone! This is Randy Lane with a special edition of the Charity Champions podcast. We’re going to play two interviews from last week’s Baylor game. 

First, we’ll hear Sheree Corn’s interview with the voice of the bears, John Morris. She’s in charge of community outreach at Pack of Hope. She’ll explain how their organization is erasing hunger by giving food-insecure kids bags of nutritious snack over the weekend. A lot these kids would otherwise go several days without anything to eat. 

After that, we’ll hear John’s interview with David Littlewood, president of TFNB Your Bank For Life. He talks about the importance of community banking, new locations, and creating a better Waco by supporting nonprofits. Let’s listen!

About the Charity Champions Podcast

The Charity Champions Podcast is co-hosted by Dale Smith, Director of Community Outreach for TFNB Your Bank For Life, and Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. Together they invite Charity Champions and the people they help into the Triangle Tower podcast studio to hear the stories behind the champions.

Our Sixth Champion: McLennan County Pack of Hope

Randy sits down with Co-Founders of McLennan County Pack of Hope Jane Bounds and Cliff Reece. Pack of Hope helps food insecure children in McLennan County by sending them home from school over the weekend with a pack of nutritious food. While they’re currently packing up meals for over a thousands kids each week, more than 26,000 children in McLennan County are considered food insecure.

Learn more about Pack of Hope at packofhope.org

Check out their recognition at the last Baylor game of the year:

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Watch their video:

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See our video featuring Co-Founder, Jane Bounds on the KWTX midday show:

See Pack of Hope featured at a Lady Bears Bastketball Game!