Boys Ranch on UM-TV

Boys and staff from MCH's Boys Ranch were recently filmed and interviewed for a United Methodist Television short feature. You can view the video below, or click here to view the video in Windows Media Player through the UM-TV website.

If you would like to show this video to your church or community group, it is available on YouTube on UM-TV's channel. The video is also available for download on the UM-TV website. To reach the site, click here.

Tribune features our own

If you subscribe to the Waco Tribune Herald you may have noticed a familiar face on the front of the Sports page yesterday. Adam, one of our Waco campus residents, was pictured working on tackle drills during football practice at Waco High. The Waco High Lions will kick off the football season with a game against the Belton Tigers at the Waco ISD stadium on August 27th. For a link to the full story and to see the picture click here.

Way to go, Adam!

Water Day

On Thursday, the Boys Ranch held a Water Day. They even invited youth from the Waxahachie campus to join them. The afternoon was filled with water balloon games and relay races, all designed to help the kids cool off and enjoy the hot summer day. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun, but we will let the pictures and video speak for themselves!

The balloon toss.

The water balloon "fight" with over 1,000 balloons!

Everyone took a break for Sno-Kones.

The bucket relay race was a big hit with all of the kids!

Service to the Community

Youth from across the MCH community are giving back by spending part of their summer on community service. Youth from the Waxahachie campus are serving at a local nursing home, helping with their school and even cleaning up their campus by picking up trash. Boys Ranch youth have volunteered to pick up trash in the Lake Waco area as well as some county roads around the Ranch.

The Waco campus youth have given their time to a wide variety of projects. However many homes have given a substantial amount of their time to help the local Salvation Army. Salvation Army representative, Christie Harper was very complimentary of their efforts.

"They are a great group," Harper said. "They have been a huge help to us. In fact, we sometimes have trouble keeping them all busy because they are such hard workers!"

Here are a few photos and a video of MCH youth and staff serving at the Salvation Army warehouse.

The boys working outside to clean the drop-off driveway.

The girls work to sort and hang donated clothing to be sold in the Salvation Army store.

The boys and MCH staff join in on the sorting.


Way to serve, MCH!

Saturday Morning Fun

The recently formed MCH Student Leadership Team hosted a fun event on campus this past Saturday. The team is made up of exemplary youth from the Waco campus and Boys Ranch, and there are plans to invite participation from the Waxahachie campus as well. Currently, the group has six founding members, but they hope to eventually have representation from every home unit on every residential campus.

With a goal to serve the MCH community and be a voice for student needs, the team works in an advisory capacity - giving feedback on MCH policies and procedures. However, they are also using their influence to produce some fun events to bring residents together. Their event this past weekend illustrates their desire to provide our youth with fun ways to get to know one another.

Advised by Student Events Coordinator Denise Warren, the Student Leadership Team hopes to continue providing fun student events - all while using their influence to positively impact the administration and campus life. Now these kids are a reason to celebrate!