Posts Tagged ‘Volunteer’
Boval: A Community Company
CLEBURNE — Less than a mile from the Chisholm Park Tollway, Boval BioSolutions stands alone against the broad Texas sky. Surrounded by a stretch of rolling pastures and dirt roads, the unassuming brick building hides in plain sight. You’d never suspect that the humble structure — no larger than the average post office — is…
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Melanie: Little by Little
Melanie is as much a product of HEB as a person can be. Born and raised here, she graduated from Trinity High School and moved away just long enough to finish college at Texas Tech and start a career. When she got the chance to come home and work with Dalworth Restoration, the decision was…
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Guest Post: Things I Learned From the Garden
Text by Todd Boutte, Community Garden Volunteer It was early morning in July, the air as thick and warm as it always is, and I was preparing for a busy day in the Community Garden. We had seen a projected high temperature in upper 90’s, so we were all hoping to finish our projects before the summer…
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Gary: That Basic, Fundamental Need
Gary and his wife tried to leave Texas and move back closer to family on more than one occasion. They thought (each time) that they would never return. But the transplant from the Detroit area and his high school sweetheart always found themselves coming back. If you ask him, they’ve never really felt that Texas…
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Guest Post: The Lunch That Changed My Life
Text by Cindy Jones, Donor and Board Member One of the best meals I ever had came courtesy of a Chili’s in the Fall of 2008. There was nothing particularly memorable about the food. I can’t remember a thing anyone ordered, actually. The thing that made this meal special was the people I shared it…
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