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By Sarah Bey Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) offers youth a variety of extracurricular activities that further empower them to experience life to the fullest. Jason Bartlett, after school coordinator and avid grill master, kicked off the first-ever grilling club at the charter school on the Waco campus earlier this year. “I came up with a […]
By Allison Hamby Allen “One must work and dare if one really wants to live.” — Vincent Van Gogh At just 14, Allan left his home in Guatemala, where he had lived with his mother and brothers, speaking only Spanish. Born in the United States, he returned to Guatemala as an infant but made the […]
A building project nearing completion on the Methodist Children’s Home campus in Waco will provide opportunities for educational and job-skills training for MCH residents and Day Students attending the University of Texas – University Charter School. With the launch of a new childcare program at the MCH Boys Ranch, MCH leadership saw the value in […]
Reality check – checked off the list! In March, students at the University of Texas–University Charter School participated in the second annual Reality Check event designed to give exposure to real-world challenges such as budgeting and buying a home or car. Held on the MCH Waco campus, MCH staff and representatives from local businesses guided […]
MCH students and day students at the University of Texas–University Charter School participated in a first of its kind “Reality Check” event.
Congratulations to our MCH ag students at the University of Texas—University Charter School who participated in the McLennan County Junior Livestock Show this week.
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.
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 […]
Back in middle school, Danny, now a senior in high school, said he had trouble paying attention in class. “Everything went in one ear and out the other,” he admitted. “I was careless.” Before his freshman year of high school Danny realized home was not the best place for him and he chose to live […]
Safety is an agency-wide effort, and MCH leadership and staff work together to maintain high standards and stay up-to-date on the latest methods of risk prevention. MCH recognizes the need to make safety and security a priority in all programs at the Waco campus and Boys Ranch which provide a home for youth, and the 13 MCH Family Outreach offices.
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