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The Methodist Children’s Home Alumni Association (MCHAA) gathered in Waco during the Easter weekend to celebrate its annual homecoming reunion. The homecoming tradition began in 1921 as a way to help former residents remain connected to their friends and the ministry, making this the 101st anniversary of the first gathering. Alumni and their families held […]
Representatives from the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development (KPICD) at Texas Christian University visited Methodist Children’s Home in Waco on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, to hear how MCH utilizes Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) in its training and program service implementation. TBRI is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable […]
A big response in the Big Country! The MCH Family Outreach office in Abilene participated in the Greater-Abilene Foster Care Simulation February 21, 2022. The event, produced by Big Country CASA, was the first of its kind in Texas.
MCH students and day students at the University of Texas–University Charter School participated in a first of its kind “Reality Check” event.
Students and staff at the University of Texas—University Charter School on the Waco campus celebrated homecoming the last week of September with themed costume days, a junior/senior dance and homecoming court during the Friday night football game.
Summer is a time for MCH youth to grow, serve and enjoy special occasions and activities. Thanks to faithful and generous giving, young people in MCH residential and day student programs enjoyed a summer full of camps, field trips, community service, and personal enrichment.
Youth residents living on the Waco campus and Boys Ranch enjoyed the holiday weekend hunting for Easter eggs and opening their Easter baskets delivered by MCH staff.
Throughout the month of April, Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) staff across Texas and New Mexico raised awareness for National Child Abuse Prevention Month (NCAPM).
Congratulations to our Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs on a great fall season!
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 […]
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