Sweets & Service

1. Sweets &Service Baylor Round Table - Community Service Fair

2. Baylor’s Campus Kitchen & Community Garden • MissionBaylor University Community Engagement, Service & Scholarship leverages the following to create solutions for local and global social concerns: • Faith-based service learning • Rigorous discipline-based service learning • Community-based research • Overseas learning As an integral part of Baylor¹s mission to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service, Community Engagement, Service & Scholarship serves as a catalyst for creating new knowledge through scholarship and action. • Volunteer OpportunitiesMentoring and tutoring grade school through high school studentsCommunity garden workAlternative spring break tripsVarious community-wide opportunities that you find on our Facebook page Volunteer Coordinator:Karen Kitchens254-710-1874  Website: facebook.com/CommunityEngageServiceScholar

3. Big Brothers/Big Sisters • MissionBig Brothers Big Sisters is a donor-supported volunteer youth mentoring organization, which has been placing caring adults in the lives of children in one-to-one mentoring relationships since 1927. 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. • Volunteer OpportunitiesWe currently have 85 Little Brothers and Sisters in Waco waiting for their Big today.  These are great kids who need a positive role model in their lives, so please consider volunteering with us! Volunteer Coordinator:Lucy Devens 254.776.2824ldevens@bbbstx.org Website: www.bbbstx.org

4. Caritas • Mission:To provide emergency support to people in need in our community • Volunteer Opportunities:Filling food orders in the pantryHelping with the Gifts in Kind program in the warehouse    Assisting in the thrift stores (organizing donations, pricing, etc.)Helping with administrative duties (mailings, phone calls, organizing and filing documents) Volunteer Coordinator:Khalilah Warren254-753-4593, ext. 203kwcaritas@grandecom.net Website:  caritas-waco.org

5. Christian Women’s Job Corps • MissionThe mission of Christian Women’s Job Corps is to provide women in need development of life skills and employment education classes taught in a Christian context where women mentor women. This purpose of Christian Women’s Job Corps is to provide “Hands of Hope” through educating, mentoring, and encouraging. • Volunteer OpportunitiesPrayer Team Encourager Team Hospitality Team Support Team Publicity TeamFundraising Team Education Team Journey Partner Team Executive Director:          Pam Mohundropam@cwjcwaco.org Associate Director:          Becky Ellison becky@cwjcwaco.org Volunteer Coordinator:  Margie Coxmargie@cwjcwaco.org Phone:   254.757.04164112 Memorial DriveWaco, Texas Website: cwjcwaco.org

6. Heart of Texas Retired & Senior Volunteer Program • MissionThe mission of RSVP is to support individuals who initiate positive change among their local and national communities though volunteering.  By utilizing volunteer’s skills and experiences, RSVP creates a strong force of citizens capable of helping non-profits sustain themselves and serve the community effectively. Heart of Texas RSVP links volunteers with non-profit organizations in McLennan, Hill, Freestone, Limestone, Falls, and Bosque counties. • Volunteer OpportunitiesOrganizations with which RSVP has a relationship offer volunteers opportunities with animals, children, education, food banks, hospice assistance, mentoring, museums, and nursing homes. Program Director:Susan Copeland254-299-8577 Volunteer Coordinator: Rita Tejada254-299-8766 Address:       HOT-RSVP c/o MCC1400 College Dr.Waco, TX 76708 *We are sponsored and located on the McLennan Community College campus.

7. Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center Auxiliary • Mission:The purpose of the Hillcrest Auxiliary is to enhance the mission of Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center: "To personally provide quality health care and services in a Christian environment" through volunteer commitment and support. • Volunteer Opportunities:Volunteer activities vary from personal contact with patients, staff, visitors and customers to community contact through fundraising, on behalf of the Hillcrest Auxiliary.  Areas of assistance include:Gift ShopInformation DeskFood ServicesMaterials ManagementHuman ResourcesPatient RegistrationEmergency DepartmentKidsville“Heart-to-Heart” Program  Volunteer Services: 254-202-9202 Website: hillcrest.net/index.php/volunteer/auxiliary

8. Meals & Wheels • MissionTo enhance the independence and guard the dignity of older adults and vulnerable populations. We fulfill this mission through the services of Meals On Wheels, Senior Centers, and Transportation. We strive to be responsive to the needs of our clients, serving them in a way that demonstrates caring concern. • Volunteer OpportunitiesMeal DeliveryDish-Up MealsPet Food ProjectGroceries-to-GoHandyman HelpersGroup Projects Volunteer Coordinator:Barbara Danna254-752-0316 barbara@seniorministry.org Website:mealsandwheelswaco.org

9. Mission Waco • Mission:Provide Christian-based holistic, relationship-based programs that empower the poor and marginalized. Mobilize middle-class Americans to become more compassionately involved among the poor. Seek ways to overcome the systemic issues of social injustice which oppress the poor and marginalized. • Volunteer Opportunities:Assisting with meal serviceMentoring children, teens, and adultsOffice tasksProgram assistance Email:volunteers@missionwaco.org Phone:254-753-4900

10. TalithaKoum Institute • MissionThe mission of TalithaKoum is to improve outcomes for at-risk children and their families from the Kate Ross government housing neighborhood of South Waco through an intensive care program.  Beginning with a mental health therapeutic nursery for birth to six-year-olds and comprehensive support for each child’s family, we will grow to support our children through high school graduation • Volunteer OpportunitiesRISE Guild - Real Interest • Supportive Energy For TalithaKoum to RISE, we need a host of committed devotees and friends ~ community members who come alongside – effectively. Whether that means you raise interest for TalithaKoum among your friends, answer TKI’s phones for a couple of hours, repair a broken door, volunteer to prep a mailing, sterilize our toys, mow the lawn, request hand-me-downs for our parents’ Pick a Gift closet, recommend us for a speaking engagement, or offer a unique talent we can’t even name ~ that’s when TalithaKoum will RISE! We also are seeking men and women of prayer and action. Volunteer Coordinator: Donna Losak254-753-1144donna@talithakoum.org

11. United Way of Waco-McLennan County • MissionTo increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another. • Volunteer OpportunitiesPartner agencies in need of volunteers are: Advocacy Center Red Cross Boys & Girls Clubs Girl Scouts Salvation Army Campaign Coordinator:Keith Richardson254-752-2753keithrichardson@unitedwaywaco.org Website:unitedwaywaco.org

12. Waco Habitat for Humanity • MissionSeeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. • Volunteer OpportunitiesNew Home ConstructionWheelchair ramp constructionCabinet CrewLunch Provider for Prison PartnershipReStore volunteerCommittee ServiceTranslator for monthly informational meetings Volunteer Coordinator:Tim Moon 254-756-7575 Website:wacohabitat.org