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Trey Oakley, President/CEO of Methodist Children’s Home (MCH), today announced the appointment of Traci Wagner as Vice President for Family Outreach. Wagner has served MCH since 2008 through MCH Family Outreach, first as director of community outreach for the office in Tyler, Texas, and the last eight years as program administrator, overseeing the seven MCH […]
Four MCH Family Outreach offices launched a new program to support caregivers called Parent Café. Staff first heard about the support group model during a conference in 2018 and felt it would be a good fit for MCH. “We often hear from families in the communities we serve that they feel isolated and alone,” said […]
For more than three decades, First United Methodist Church of Grapevine has made sure every child at Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) gets a bicycle for Christmas. The giving tradition began in the late 1980s when Jim Kennebrew, who was a member of FUMC Grapevine at the time, first organized the special donation. Kennebrew recalled the […]
Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) on Oct. 1, 2019, once again received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, according to Trey Oakley, president/CEO of MCH, a Waco-based social service ministry. “We are committed at Methodist Children’s Home to extend excellence in all that we do, whether through our services and programs for children, youth and families […]
Methodist Children’s Home strives for excellence, which includes finding new and better ways to meet the needs of children, youth and families. Recently, MCH announced the implementation of new life skills that will be utilized agency-wide. Life skills are positive abilities and behaviors that allow people to effectively deal with relationships and the […]
Lyle Mason, former executive director of the Magnolia Foundation, has been named vice president for development at Methodist Children’s Home (MCH). Mason began his new role at MCH on Sept. 9. Mason worked previously at MCH, joining the Development team in 2010 as a fundraiser. He was promoted in 2012 and served four years as […]
Trey Oakley was elected president/CEO of Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) in a special called meeting of the MCH Board of Directors on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Oakley, vice president for development at MCH, will succeed Tim Brown on July 1, following Brown’s retirement.
MCH honored Tim and Susan Brown with a celebration of service at the Johnson Student Center on May 31. The Browns received proclamations and presentations from local, state and national elected officials, gifts from executives of partnering agencies and special gifts made by MCH youth. The mayor of Waco proclaimed May 31 to be “Tim […]
Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) locations in Waco and Bryan, Texas, are collaborating to collect donations from the public to support children and families of Robertson County affected by the devastating storms and tornadic activity of April 13. According to Moe Dozier, vice president for programs at MCH, “More than […]
We had a wonderful time during our 2019 MCH Alumni Homecoming! Each year since 1921 our alumni have returned home during Easter for a weekend of fellowship, shared meals, and worship. (Click on an image below to launch slideshow)