This list is not exhaustive, but it is a starting place to generate ideas for possible community partners in the local Waco community. Take a look at their websites to see if you might be interested in working with one of these organizations for the Community Action Project. Community Partners in red did not respond to students in the past, so contact at your own discretion (and not at the last minute). Highlighted companies are ones that have reached out to me this semester that they have an active research need and/or have had high positive feedback from students in the past. If a company does not respond within 48 hours, consider contacting a different company or writing an unsolicited proposal.
Small Local Business / Professor Smith’s Connections
- Start-up business for photo books
- Carroll Library (library archives) - https://library.web.baylor.edu/
- Leila Photography by Heather Sullivan (photography studio) - https://www.leilaphotography.com/
- Twin Acre Farms (farm, sale of animal and homestead items, vegetables, soaps, sponges, etc) - https://www.facebook.com/Twinflameacres/
- Prometheus Gardens (gardening, homestead, and building classes)
- Moody Makerspace (collaborative work space for making, learning, exploring and sharing that uses high tech to no tech tools) - https://libguides.baylor.edu/makerspace
- Street Sweets Waco (ice cream shop) - https://www.facebook.com/streetsweetswaco/
- Baylor International Admissions - https://admissions.web.baylor.edu/admission/international
- Highland Baptist Church: Wellness Center - https://www.hbcwaco.org/wellness-center/
- Global Engagement - https://globalengagement.web.baylor.edu/
- Timber Crest Baptist Church (advertisement, outreach, website) - https://www.timbercrestbc.org/about
- Fluff, Wash & Fold - https://www.fluffwashfold.com/
- GW Handyman (handyman repair)
Hunger and Homelessness
- World Hunger Relief
- Caritas of Waco
- Campus Kitchen
- Salvation Army
- Seeds of Hope
- Mission Waco
- Compassion Ministries
Families and Children
- The Advocacy Center
- The Family Abuse Center
- Christian Women’s Job Corps of McLennan County
- Methodist Children's Home
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Talitha Koum
- The Family Health Center
- AVANCE Waco
- The Mentoring Alliance of Waco (formally called Boys and Girls Club)
- H.O.T. Council Boy Scouts
Community Building
- Habitat for Humanity
- Restoration Haven
- Engineers with a Mission
Education
- Communities in Schools Mentoring
- Mayborn Museum
- School of Social Work
- Public Schools
Medical
- Hillcrest Medical Center
- Providence Hospital
- American Cancer Society
- American Red Cross
- Bluebonnet Health
- CareNet Pregnancy Center
Waco Birth Center
3 Sisters Midwifery
Environmental
- Keep Waco Green
- Keep Waco Beautiful
- Waco Wetlands
- Waco Green Business Network
Animals
- Heart of Texas Therapeutic Riding Center
- Fuzzy Friends
- Humane Society of Central Texas
- Cameron Park Zoological Society
Specific Populations
- Special Olympics
- HOT Mental Health Mental Retardation Center
- Human Advocacy Center
- Crestview Manor
- Alzheimer's Association
- Waco Association of the Deaf
- Veteran’s Health Care System