Posts by Ashley Thornton
Santiago Fraga – Just another kid who loves (Challenger Little League) baseball
By Coleen Heaton The sounds of baseball…the cheering crowd, the announcer, the crack of the bat. America’s pastime is a favorite for many. What happens, though, if you love the game, but the sounds just overwhelm you? Eight-year-old Santiago Fraga is a huge sports fan, like many children his age. According to his mom, Evonne,…
Read MoreWalking into the Future of Downtown
By Ashley Bean Thornton I like to walk, and I like downtown, so when I discovered the book Walkable City: How Downtown can Save America, One Step at a Time (by Jeff Speck) I picked it up. I mentioned it on Facebook to see if I could rope a few folks into reading it with…
Read MoreShadowing is not just for Ground Hogs! Job Shadowing opens up Opportunities for Waco High Health Academy Students.
By Donna McKethan Each year, Americans celebrate Groundhog Day on February 2. For the past 131 years, we’ve had a day celebrating a rodent! Time to upgrade our celebration! February 2 is also National Job Shadowing Day. Championed by national organizations, state organizations and our local Heart of Texas P-20 Council, National Job Shadowing Day…
Read MoreIt takes a village … to get a child through college and into a career!
By DeShauna Hollie I’ve always liked the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child”. Most of us have heard that phrase at one point or another in our lives. It is a phrase that often comes to mind when I think of our educational system, in fact I would go so far as…
Read MoreIndian Spring Service Learning Group explores hunger in Waco
By Craig Nash This year I have had the pleasure of working with students at Indian Spring Middle School in a Service Learning Group focusing on the issues of Poverty and Hunger in McLennan County. The Service Learning program, led by Travis Cheatham, combines educating students on “real world” concerns and equipping them to use…
Read MoreEvery kid needs a mentor . . .
By Anne Broaddus Mentoring is a powerful force that often goes unnoticed and uncelebrated in our world. And yet if asked, most of us would be quick to name an individual who impacted us in a major way at some point in life. I know I would . . . So what exactly is a…
Read More2017 Greatest Hits #8: Communities of Waco…King’s Landing
(During December we will be reprising some of “2017’s greatest hits” from the Act Locally Waco blog. I couldn’t possibly pick my favorites – so I used the simple (cop out?) approach of pulling up the 10 blog posts that got the most “opens” according to our Google Analytics. It is an intriguing collection that…
Read More“We create because we have been created…” creating a culture and arts identity in Waco
by Angie Veracruz “We create because we have been created by the creator of all things; therefore, it is in us to create. It is an abundant circle.” I often speak these words in conversations about why we on a conscious/semi-conscious level collectively do art: the creation of paintings, sculptures, dances, music, writings, etc. Art’s…
Read MoreMCC wants you to succeed!
By Madison Albee McLennan Community College recognizes that life can sometimes get in the way of achieving educational goals. That is why we have set up a series of student success initiatives, so students may find the resources, encouragement, and guidance they need to be successful now and in the future. Completion Center The Completion…
Read MoreWe Need Bigger Boxes
By Bill Gaventa This last weekend saw one of the most popular service events in Waco, the Really Big Fishing Event for very Special People. The pictures in the WacoTrib were great as was the effort and support put in by so many people and organizations in the Waco area”. But there is a “catch”…
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