“Just Between Friends” provides quality goods at a great
price to the community. They utilize their platform to promote local charities
such as MCH Family Outreach. At the end of the sale any items not sold are
identified as donations and given to local charities. In return MCH Family
Outreach provides volunteers to assist with post breakdown, sorting and
donation gathering.
“This volunteer experience allows our youth and staff to
come together as an MCH family to work on a greater project that gives back to
our community,” said Brook Davilla, director of MCH Family Outreach in Waco.
The donations are brought back to the MCH Family Outreach
building and placed in the family resource closet. The resource closet allows
families participating in MCH services to select items such as clothing, toys
and bedding.
“The family resource closet was lovingly decorated a few
years ago by a local girl scout,” added Davilla. “We hope we can provide a way
to meet our families’ needs in a way that is filled with dignity and respect.”
Any items not utilized through current participants in case
management or parent education, are also shared with local agency partners such
as Care Net, Acts Church, Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and children and
local after school programs.
“One day a local church asked us if we had any little girls
clothing for two sisters who were in need,” said Cathy Lawless, administrative
secretary for MCH Family Outreach in Waco. “We welcomed the church to bring the
girls so that they could select their own clothing and have a ‘shopping spree.’
It was a joy to witness the excitement of the girls as they shopped. To be able
to meet tangible needs of families in a way that is honoring and fun for them
is a daily blessing.”
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