Charity Champions Podcast

Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas Executive Director Mike Harper joined Voice of the Bears John Morris on The Baylor Alumni Radio show. Visit charitychampions.org/cis for more info on Communities in Schools and to listen to their other podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Randy Lane sits down with Mike Harper, Executive Director of Communities in Schools of the Heart of Texas. They talk about how CIS helps students stay in school. Mike talks about how Communities in Schools uses mentors, small groups, and school-wide activities to help kids flourish.The mission of Communities In Schools of the Heart of Texas is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.Find out more by visiting cishot.org or charitychampions.org/cisAbout the Charity Champions PodcastThe Charity Champions Podcast is hosted by Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. Charity Champions and the people they help come into our Triangle Tower podcast studio to tell the stories behind the champions.About Charity ChampionsCharity Champions are nonprofit organizations chosen by TFNB Your Bank For Life employees after being nominated by the community. Winners receive an awareness marketing campaign and leadership training at no charge to the nonp

On the episodeExecutive Director Coleen Heaton tells us how No Limitations helps those with developmental or physical challenges participate in sports and other activities.No Limitations, Inc. provides athletic and social opportunities for those with special needs in our community. No Limitations is our first Champion of the 2019 season. Keep an eye out for them on the field this Saturday as Baylor University takes on Stephen F. Austin!Learn more and listen to other podcasts at charitychampions.orgAbout the Charity Champions PodcastThe Charity Champions Podcast is hosted by Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. He invites Charity Champions and the people they help into the Triangle Tower podcast studio to hear the stories behind the champions.About Charity ChampionsCharity Champions are nonprofit organizations chosen by TFNB Your Bank For Life employees after being nominated by the community. Winners receive an awareness marketing campaign and leadership training at no cha

Friends for Life helps those without a support system live healthy, independent lives. Founder and Executive Director Inez Russell tells us how their programs have expanded over the 30 years they’ve been helping the community.About the Charity Champions PodcastThe Charity Champions Podcast is by Randy Lane, VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. He invites Charity Champions and the people they help into the studio to hear the stories behind the champions.About Charity ChampionsCharity Champions are nonprofit organizations chosen by TFNB Your Bank For Life employees after being nominated by the community. Winners receive an awareness marketing campaign and leadership training at no charge to the nonprofit.The awareness campaign begins with a radio interview by the voice of the Baylor Bears, John Morris, and an on-field presentation at McLane Stadium in front of thousands of Central Texans during a Baylor Football game. It continues with recognition at Baylor Basketball games and a feature on the Charity Champions

Shepherd’s heart started as a food pantry helping food-insecure families in Waco. Now they’re feeding more than 29,000 families each year. Shepherd’s Heart also operates a resell shop and teaches life-skills classes to try and break the cycles of poverty in the community. Learn more on the Shepherd's Heart website.Follow them on Facebook and Twitter.About the Charity Champions PodcastThe Charity Champions Podcast is co-hosted by Dale Smith, Director of Community Outreach for TFNB Your Bank For Life, and Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. Together they invite Charity Champions and the people they help into the Triangle Tower podcast studio to hear the stories behind the champions.About Charity ChampionsCharity Champions are nonprofit organizations chosen by TFNB Your Bank For Life employees after being nominated by the community. Winners receive an awareness marketing campaign and leadership training at no charge to the nonprofit.The awareness campaign begins with a radio interview by

Randy and Dale sit down with Nightlight Christian Adoptions Waco Executive Director Erin Wheeler-Cerone to talk about how they help find loving Christian homes for children put up for adoption. We discuss domestic, international, and embryo adoption. Erin also tells us how adoptive parents should approach telling their kids about the process.Learn more about Nightlight at: https://www.nightlight.org/texas-office/About the Charity Champions PodcastThe Charity Champions Podcast is co-hosted by Dale Smith, Director of Community Outreach for TFNB Your Bank For Life, and Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. Together they invite Charity Champions and the people they help into the Triangle Tower podcast studio to hear the stories behind the champions.About Charity ChampionsCharity Champions are nonprofit organizations chosen by TFNB Your Bank For Life employees after nomination by the community. Winners receive an awareness marketing campaign and leadership training at no charge to the nonprofit.Th

Happy Thanksgiving week, everyone! This is Randy Lane with a special edition of the Charity Champions podcast. We’re going to play two interviews from last week’s Baylor game. First, we’ll hear Sheree Corn’s interview with the voice of the bears, John Morris. She’s in charge of community outreach at Pack of Hope. She’ll explain how their organization is erasing hunger by giving food-insecure kids bags of nutritious snack over the weekend. A lot these kids would otherwise go several days without anything to eat. After that, we’ll hear John’s interview with David Littlewood, president of TFNB Your Bank For Life. He talks about the importance of community banking, new locations, and creating a better Waco by supporting nonprofits. Let’s listen!Thanks for listening to the Charity Champions Podcast as we’ve highlighted all of our 2018 winners. Remember to visit charitychampions.org to see all previous episodes of the show. And go to charitychampions.org slash nominate to tell us who you’d like to win in 2019. Than

Randy sits down with Co-Founders of McLennan County Pack of Hope Jane Bounds and Cliff Reece. Pack of Hope helps food insecure children in McLennan County by sending them home from school over the weekend with a pack of nutritious food. While they're currently packing up meals for over a thousands kids each week, more than 26,000 children in McLennan County are considered food insecure.Learn more about Pack of Hope at packofhope.orgThanks for listening to the Charity Champions Podcast. This podcast is produced by 360 Solutions and Randy Lane. To learn more about Charity Champions, please visit charitychampionsforlife.orgCharity Champions are nonprofit organizations working to make a positive impact in the Central Texas community. Each fall, TFNB Your Bank For Life employees chose six nonprofits from nominations that are made on our this website. Anyone can submit a nomination, and nominations are carried forward each year.The benefits of selection as a Charity Champions are leadership

Randy sits down with Holly Burchett and Jana Hixson of the Junior League of Waco to talk about their focus on early childhood education in the city.Be sure and visit Deck the Halls Friday - Sunday (Nov. 2nd - 4th) at the Waco Convention Center. Visit https://www.jlwaco.org/ for more details.About Junior LeagueThe Junior League of Waco is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving our community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.About the Charity Champions PodcastThe Charity Champions Podcast is co-hosted by Dale Smith, Director of Community Outreach for TFNB Your Bank For Life, and Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. Together they invite Charity Champions and the people they help into the Triangle Tower podcast studio to hear the stories behind the champions.About Charity ChampionsCharity Champions are nonprofit organizations chosen by TFNB

Randy and Dale sit down with Dr. Tim and Janice McCall of Restoration Gateway. Their mission is 700 acres of land in Northern Uganda. They work to restore peace and heal wounds among the vulnerable children and war-torn people in the area.About the Charity ChampionsThe ministry of Restoration Gateway started in 2004 when seven Ugandan men began meeting to pray under a tree on the land presently held by the project. Their prayer was that God would send someone to help restore all that the enemy had stolen in their land. God answered those prayers and issued a call to Dr. Tim and Janice McCall in early 2005 to move to Uganda. The first trip by the McCalls took place in May of 2005, and the land for the project was selected. Learn more and buy your Amy Grant tickets at restorationgateway.orgAbout the PodcastThe Charity Champions Podcast is co-hosted by Dale Smith, Director of Community Outreach for TFNB Your Bank For Life, and Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. Together they invite Chari

Randy sits down with the Executive Director of The Cove Heart of Texas, Kelly Atkinson. They talk about the youth homelessness epidemic across the country, and how The Cove is fighting it by providing a safe place for teens to thrive.Learn more about The Cove at: thecovewaco.orgLearn more about Charity Champions at: charitychampions.orgAbout The Cove - Heart of TexasAfter working as Homeless Liaison for Waco Independent School District for five years, Cheryl Pooler saw a huge problem. As she met with student after student who had been abused, abandoned, or kicked out of his or her home, she knew that they needed a safe place to go after the school bell rang each afternoon. She knew that these students deserved a chance to succeed and that the Waco community would not stand to see them fall through the cracks into chronic homelessness. Cheryl started researching best practices around the country and found that an after-school teen nurturing center was what Waco needed to ensure that these vulnerable stude

Only 27% of men of color enrolled at McLennan Community College come back to college the following year. To combat that alarming statistic, the MCC Foundation brought the Men of Color Success Initiative to campus. The program helps men of color find available services and pairs them with mentors. They also sponsor trips to neighboring college campuses for visits and leadership conferences. Program Coordinator Dr. Frank Graves and MCC Foundation Executive Director Kim Patterson join Randy in the studio to talk about the program.Learn more about the MCC Foundation Men of Color Success Initiative at: http://www.mclennan.edu/men-of-color/About the Charity Champions PodcastThe Charity Champions Podcast is co-hosted by Dale Smith, Director of Community Outreach for TFNB Your Bank For Life, and Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. Together they invite Charity Champions and the people they help into the Triangle Tower podcast studio to hear the stories behind the champions.About Charity ChampionsCha

Randy interviews Susan Cowley, Executive Director of the Talitha Koum Institute. The Talitha Koum Institute is a mental health and therapeutic nursery for extreme-risk infants and toddlers. Susan tells us how toxic stress at an early age can affect a child's brain.About the nonprofit:CrossTies Ecumenical Church founded Talitha Koum Institute (TKI). They wanted to help the children of the Kate Ross public housing neighborhood of South Waco. Find them online at: talithakoum.comAbout the Charity Champions PodcastThe Charity Champions Podcast is co-hosted by Dale Smith, Director of Community Outreach for TFNB Your Bank For Life, and Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. Together they invite Charity Champions and the people they help into the Triangle Tower podcast studio to hear the stories behind the champions.About Charity ChampionsCharity Champions are nonprofit organizations chosen by TFNB Your Bank For Life employees after being nominated by the community. Winners receive an awareness market

Julia Walsh spent four years as a sex trafficking victim. With the help of Charity Champion UnBound, she was able to escape. Now she helps other women recognize the warning signs. Please go back and listen to episodes 9 and 10 to learn more.Find UnBound online:WebsiteFacebookInstagramAbout the podcastThanks for listening to the Charity Champions Podcast. This podcast is produced by 360 Solutions and Randy Lane. To learn more about Charity Champions, please visit charitychampions.orgCharity Champions are nonprofit organizations working to make a positive impact in the Central Texas community. Each fall, TFNB Your Bank For Life employees chose six nonprofits from nominations that are made on our this website. Anyone can submit a nomination, and nominations are carried forward each year.The benefits of selection as a Charity Champions are leadership development training and increased awareness, both of which are usually cost-prohibitive for these organizations. It’s TFNB Your B

Dale Smith and Randy Lane sit down with McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara to talk about how the Sheriff's Department teams up with Charity Champions Winner UnBound to fight human trafficking in Central Texas.This is part two of our three part series on human trafficking in Central Texas. Episode 9 featured UnBound's Director Susan Peters talking about her organizations role in caring for human trafficking victims. In Episode 11 we'll hear from a survivor of sex trafficking that's now an advocated for UnBound.About the Charity Champions PodcastThe Charity Champions Podcast is co-hosted by Dale Smith, Director of Community Outreach for TFNB Your Bank For Life, and Randy Lane, CTO and VP of Marketing for 360 Solutions. Together they invite Charity Champions and the people they help into the Triangle Tower podcast studio to hear the stories behind the champions.About Charity ChampionsCharity Champions are nonprofit organizations chosen by TFNB Your Bank For Life employees after being nominated by the comm

About this episodeRandy and Dale sit down with UnBound's National Director Susan Peters to talk about how her organization is working to stop human trafficking in Central Texas and the world. They discuss how to identify the signs of human trafficking. Susan also talks about how UnBound works with law enforcement to comfort victims. This is the first in a three podcast series on human trafficking in Central Texas. Stay tuned for our next episode featuring McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara. We'll wrap up the series by talking to a former victim of sex trafficking.UnBound's StoryWhen we learned of children being sold into sex trafficking in our own communities, we felt compelled to do our part to stop it. We asked: What if attorneys, IT specialists, teachers, moms, medical professionals—all spheres of society—worked together? Starting small, we realized that a lot of small adds up to something really big. By working together through prevention, professional training and survivor advocacy, we’ve started t

Dale Smith and Randy lane sit down with Executive Director Barbara Wright to talk about how The Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children helps victims transition to survivors.About the Advocacy Center:Many people are hurting because of an act of violence committed against them.  Anyone – men, women, and children may be affected by violence. Our children are subjected to neglect, physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Research shows as many as 1 in 4 girls will be victims of sexual abuse by the time they are 18-years-old. For boys, the number is 1 in 6. Often the abuse is a “family secret” passed from one generation to another.There is hope and restoration at the Advocacy Center.The Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children began in 1976 as the Waco Rape Crisis Center. It has grown into an umbrella agency with three programs, the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) The Victims Center, and Prevention and Education – offering many services to the hurting in our comm

Randy sits down with Care Net CEO Deborah McGregor and and Client Tanna Thomas to talk about her amazing story. At one point, Tanna didn't have reliable housing and had her two older children were taken away. Now, with the help of Care Net, she has given birth to a healthy daughter. She has a place to live, a job, and all children in her custody.More about Care NetSince 2004, the Care Net Pregnancy Center of Central Texas serves over 2,600 clients each year for pregnancy testing. They promise that they will listen to their client's concerns, provide accurate and factual information about all pregnancy choices, and provide compassionate care. Learn more at pregancycare.org.About the Charity Champions PodcastThis podcast is produced by 360 Solutions and Randy Lane. To learn more about Charity Champions, please visit charitychampions.orgCharity Champions are nonprofit organizations working to make a positive impact in the Central Texas community. Each fall, TFNB Your Bank For Life employees choose six&

Dale and Chip sit down with Deborah McGregor, CEO of Care Net Pregnancy Center of Central Texas. Care Net provides services for women like pregnancy testing, ultrasound, STD referrals, and advice on pregnancy options. Deborah tells us how her organization has helped pregnant women since its founding, including the incredible story about one client who gave birth in her car!More about Care Net:Since 2004, the Care Net Pregnancy Center of Central Texas has served over 2,600 clients each year for pregnancy testing. They promise they will listen to the concerns of pregnant women, provide accurate and factual information about pregnancy choices, and provide compassionate care. Find out more at pregnancycare.orgAbout the Charity Champions Podcast:This podcast is produced by 360 Solutions and Randy Lane. To learn more about Charity Champions, please visit charitychampionsforlife.com. Charity Champions are nonprofit organizations working to make a positive impact in the Central Texas community. Each fall, TFNB Y

Dale and Randy sit down with Executive Director Suzanne Hack from Christian Women's Job Corps of McLennan County. CWJC helps women get the education and training they need to find quality jobs and realize their dreams.Find them online at: cwjcwaco.org/More about CWJC:Since its formation in September of 2003, Christian Women’s Job Corps of McLennan County has helped equip women in Waco and surrounding areas with both job training and life skills. Through a six month long mentorship and an education program, we have encouraged women to be self-confident, self-sufficient, and productive while developing meaningful relationships.Women who are alumni of the CWJC program are making a difference in McLennan County. Graduates are working in various fields such as office assistants, retail sales, medical, legal, mortuary, food service, call centers, apartment leasing, dog grooming, home health care, highway construction, warehouse, cleaning services, etc. Some examples of where CWJC alumni are employed are Vetera