Posts by Ashley Thornton
Art in Bloom! The Magic and Science of Gardening
By Jordan Wallace Gardening can be many things. Most people find puttering around in their gardens therapeutic, others do it for the aesthetic beauty. Some do it to be self-sustained or even to just grow produce to save money at the grocery store. Why do you want to garden? There is a complex plant world…
Read MoreP-20: Promoting College and Career Readiness in Central Texas
By Fred Hills Preparing local students for successful journey through school and college to careers is critical to the well-being and growth of our community. Started 8 years ago, the HOT P-20 works to promote streamlined, transparent degree pathways for students to move quickly and successfully through their education and onto college and/or a career. …
Read MoreEarth Month Part 3: Celebrating Earth Day in Wacotown
April is Earth Month! To help us get in the spirit of sustainability, Anna Dunbar, Recycling and Public Outreach Administrator for the City of Waco Solid Waste Services, shares some tips, expertise and hopes for our community in a series of four blog posts. For all the posts so far, click here. Thanks for writing,…
Read MoreShare your Special Stories in Waco’s Community Traveling Museum
by Matt Doyen I love Harry Potter. My friends love Harry Potter. We watch the movies, listen to the audiobooks, and read the tattered paperbacks. We are so magically spellbound by the series not only because of our (continued-into-adulthood) desire to attend Hogwarts, but also because of the way that Rowling shares her story. She…
Read MoreSharpening your parenting skills: Correcting
by Leah Gorham, MAMFC, LPC Welcome again to the third installment of the Child Abuse Awareness Blog Series. The past few weeks, I’ve been writing about parenting perspectives that can help us maintain our own sanity while meeting the needs of our children – with the ultimate goal of reducing child abuse. As I mentioned…
Read MoreMAC Grant changes lives! Apply by May 1!
By Rolando Rodriguez Soto For over 20 years, the MAC College Money Program, a program of Waco Foundation, has played a significant role in the Waco community to advocate for the attainability of a college education for all McLennan County students regardless of their financial situation. The MAC Grant, offered to low-income McLennan County high…
Read MoreGet Your Data On With Clear Impact Scorecard!
By Brittany Fitz-Chapman This past month, Prosper Waco teamed up with Waco Foundation and Cooper Foundation to bring Marcos Marquez, a results-based accountability (RBA) expert, to Waco to provide insight into how data can help drive decision-making. Result-based accountability is a disciplined method of thinking and taking action to help organizations get from talk to…
Read MoreEarth Month 2017 Part 2: Litter is Ugly!
(April is Earth Month! To help us get in the spirit of sustainability, Anna Dunbar, Recycling and Public Outreach Administrator for the City of Waco Solid Waste Services, shares some tips, expertise and hopes for our community in a series of four blog posts. For all the posts so far, click here. Thanks for writing,…
Read MoreControversy with Civility: The Art of Disagreeing Well
By Erin Payseur Trump. Ferguson. Gay marriage. Planned Parenthood. Immigration. National Debt. Living Wage. Religion. Politics. Do you cringe when these topics come up? Do these words automatically bring to mind the same old heated sound bites we’ve heard over and over? For some of us, hot topics like these create a visceral emotional response…
Read MoreNYC to Waco Culture Shock
By Megan Rule Picture this – a city girl, born and raised, driving around a small town in Texas at 11 p.m. on a Saturday night looking for food but nothing’s open. The town seems to have boarded up at 8 p.m. On a Saturday night? What? How is it possible to go from the…
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