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Gifts For Grannies and Grandpas Too

Posted by on December 23, 2011 at 11:14 am
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Our Gifts For Grannies and Grandpas Too donation drive went tremendously well!!! We are so thankful to all who donated gift items, volunteers who helped deliver gifts, and our lovely ladies who separated and bagged up each individual person’s Christmas present’s according to their request and need. A lot of time was spent organizing this [...]

The Big Texas Christmas Present – December 10th

Posted by on November 21, 2011 at 2:04 pm

The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum, Friends for Life, Carter Bloodcare, and Big 95 have teamed up for the “Big Texas Christmas Present” to benefit Gifts for Grannies and Grandpas too! We are collecting items for elderly and disabled people who have no one to remember them during the holiday season. Donations will [...]

Waco Tribune Herald Story About Our Dancers

Posted by on August 22, 2010 at 11:21 pm

Today, the Waco Tribune Herald featured a story written by Wendy Gragg about ballroom dancing at our Adult Day Care Center.  She tells how much our clients love it and you can read the article.

Website Changes

Posted by on August 11, 2010 at 7:33 pm

As you may know by looking at our website, we have been making a lot of changes. We hope you enjoy our stories and feel like you are a part of Friends for Life. While you are looking around, we hope that you find something that you like and/or a way that you can help [...]

A Park for Charlie

Posted by on July 10, 2010 at 6:40 pm

Every once in a while, Charlie calls to say how grateful he is to Friends for Life for the help we have given him.  We have been working with Charlie for about 8 years now.  He is a vet and he had so many problems, but in the past few years he has come to [...]

Rewards of service plentiful, The Washington Times

Posted by on July 5, 2010 at 4:36 am

Read about Inez Russell and Friends for Life in Rewards of service plentiful in the Washington times.

Showing Compassion

Posted by on July 5, 2010 at 4:32 am

Letter to the Editor of the Waco Tribune Herald.  February 18, 2009 I was horrified to learn the case of 93-year-old Marvin Schur in Bay City, Mich., who froze to death in his home after the local power company restricted his electricity. I was reminded of a similar situation two years ago when our local [...]