Waco Charities to Give to this Holiday Season

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The holiday season is an important time to give back to our community. We can make a difference in the lives and wellbeing of children and families by helping meet essential needs, as well as helping parents give their children a Christmas. Donating to charities is a wonderful way to serve and give back to others, and including our children teaches them how we give to those in need.

First Woodway Baptist Church Food Pantry

The First Woodway Food Pantry serves families in our community by providing groceries and meals. Each recipient also receives a warm breakfast where they receive genuine care, community, and prayer. Food donations can be dropped off at the church office administrative building during business hours, Sunday mornings in bins in the Commons, or during the Food Pantry Hours.

Office Hours: Monday – Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Fridays 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.  Food Pantry Hours on Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. & 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  Will be closed Thursday December 21st, 28th, & January 4th for Holiday.

Church Office Address:  101 N Ritchie Rd, Woodway, TX 76712

Food Item List

Please note all meats need to can and food must not be expired.
Contact: Lynn Brooks @ (254) 772-9696

Salvation Army

The Salvation Army Angel Tree program provides Christmas gifts for children in our community. Once a child or senior adult has been registered and accepted as an Angel, their Christmas wish list is shared with donors in your community who purchase gifts of new clothing and toys. The gifts are distributed to the family to place under their family Christmas tree.

Purchase Angel Tree gifts in the store or online at the following link: https://southernusa.salvationarmy.org/waco

Salvation Army Waco 4721 W Waco Drive, Waco, Texas 76710

Talitha Koum

Talitha Koum is a beloved organization here in Waco that cares for young children and is an early childhood developmental institute for low-income qualifying families. Its programs cultivate and foster early childhood development while offering multiple ways to care for and enrich the lives of children. Talitha Koum partners with other organizations within the community to help meet essential needs and donations are always needed and accepted.

Donations Received during Hours of Operation; Monday – Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Please call the office at (254) 753-1144 to prepare for your donation delivery.

Donation List & Online Donations are here: Talitha Koum Donate

Toys for Tots

The Toys for Tots program is an official activity sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps and is a part of their official mission to provide Christmas toys to less fortunate children. It is a national program, but also focuses on our local community here in Waco, Texas. Donations have been made easy by donating online to the following link: ToysforTots

While this isn’t by any means an extensive list of local charities that need our help this holiday season, it is a starting point! There are many ways you can help children and families receive the joy of Christmas – whether you bake cookies for the local fire department, give a blanket to someone without housing, or simply send a card telling someone you love them – lets remember that it all begins with a heart of compassion and giving.

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Sarah Nelson
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Sarah lives in Waco with her husband, Mark, and their three children Seth (11), Hannah Grace (9), and Adalee (6). Sarah and Mark just celebrated 16 years of marriage. Sarah grew up in Coppell, Texas (a Dallas suburb), and graduated from Baylor University with a BBA in Marketing in 2000. Sarah started her career in Sales, Marketing, and Advertising, and spent five years in corporate business. She then chose to stay home when her first two children were born. In 2009, Sarah took on the balancing act of being a business owner while maintaining the role of “stay at home” mom. Sarah found the many aspects of creating and implementing business strategies very fulfilling, and loved working in the beauty and skincare industry. After seven years of juggling these roles, she sold the business and has enjoyed taking time over the last year to write and prepare for the next stage of her “crazy life” Sarah was born with a passion for music, and has been leading praise and worship in different capacities since she was thirteen. Sarah and her family are members of First Baptist Church Woodway, where she is on the praise team, and has the blessing to serve in different areas of ministry. Over the years, she has been gifted with opportunities to create music, and to work with organizations such as the American Family Radio and Gospel Music Association, while releasing original music an independent artist within the Christian Contemporary genre https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/everypage/id373073044. Over the years, Sarah has loved getting to know the women of Waco by being involved in organizations such as Junior League, and MOPS (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers). These experiences, along with being a mom, have given her a heart to encourage and relate to other women. Over the past two years, Sarah has felt led to begin to share some of her own experiences as a woman and mom to help minister and to encourage others. She recently started a personal blog www.saranelsonblog.com, which is still in the process of completion. Sarah is currently writing a series on dealing with crisis from a spiritual perspective, which is based on her own personal experience. Her goal with this project is to help others find hope in hardship. Sarah is beyond excited about being able to share, and to be a part of Waco Mom’s Blog. The last sixteen years have been an adventure! Eleven of those years have been spent living in Waco. Sarah and Mark moved away from Waco twice to live in Austin and Miami, and moved back both times for business opportunities. They are grateful to have laid down roots that have grown deep within the heartbeat of the city. They are thankful for their community, and dear friends they get to live life with. Sarah is beyond blessed to call Waco home.

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