Women’s Storybook Project Hosts Luncheon on National Love People Day
Scary fact number one: 80% of incarcerated women in Texas are mothers. Scary fact number two: children of incarcerated parents are six to nine times more likely to someday be incarcerated themselves. Luckily, the nonprofit...
Child Sex Trafficking Survivors in Central Texas Find Hope and Healing at The Refuge Ranch
In Texas alone, there were 79,000 young adults and minors being sex trafficked, according to a 2016 University of Texas Study. And those horrifying numbers are only increasing. The National Center for Missing and Exploited...
#TXStrong: Kendra Scott Philanthropic Sparkle Shines Bright
Feeding hungry children in need is now front and center on jewelry designer Kendra Scott’s giving back agenda. Add to that Scott’s signature-yellow masks donated to American cities hit hardest by the virus, plus virtual...
Five Minutes With Bob Williams, Ranch Hands Rescue
Bob Williams is a rescuer of broken animals and broken people, with a heart as big as Texas. In 2008, Williams began Ranch Hands Rescue, located in Denton, Texas, with a mission to bring together...
Lake Travis Film Festival, an Inaugural Event
The Lake Travis community is getting a little larger as its first film festival heads to the area February 27-March 1 with festival-goers basking in lake views while enjoying some of the best new independent...
5 Minutes With Dr. Thomas Jeneby, Plastic Surgeon, Author
Dr. Thomas Jeneby is one of San Antonio’s most successful and beloved board certified plastic surgeons who, in his latest book, “Confessions of a Plastic Surgeon,” takes readers inside the wild and wonderful world of...
Five Minutes With J. Mack Slaughter Jr., Former Boy Band Singer Turned ER Doctor
J. Mack Slaughter Jr. is on a mission: To bring joy to young hospital patients in the DFW-area. The Fort Worth native, now 36, recently talked to us about his hit music career, and the...
#TXVoices: Shawn Hohnstreiter, a Career Volunteer
Shawn Hohnstreiter helps everywhere help is needed. Volunteering comes naturally to the Indiana native who believes citizens have a responsibility to give back to communities in need. What started at an early age by remodeling...
#TXVoices: By the Numbers, Texans Bringing Light to the World’s Poorest Areas
See a problem. Find a solution. Fix it. This pioneering spirit still resides deep in the heart of Texans today. It certainly moved me to act 10 years ago when the United Methodist Committee on...