Our mentoring program is taking on a new look.  We’ve changed the name of the women who are serving as mentors to “Journey Partners.”  This is a more appropriate term for them because they are truly partnering with our women as they are on this journey to make positive lifestyle changes in their lives.  We… [Continue Reading]

Greetings CWJC Friends! We had an exciting day at our center one day last week.  Julie Hays and her great photographer, Jim Peeler, spent some time with us shooting footage and interviewing some of our women for a story about CWJC that will air Monday, September 28, on the 10:00 news on KWTX. I hope… [Continue Reading]

Greetings CWJC Friends! Not only do we have wonderful women in our class this semester, we also have 3 of our graduates volunteering their time to be computer lab assistants. New Alumni Coordinator We have 93 CWJC graduates, and that number will continue to grow. We have created a new volunteer position to help us… [Continue Reading]

Greetings CWJC Friends! The new semester will begin August 24th. We’re excited about the women who are coming for interviews. This will be a great class! Sponsor a Merea This semester you have an opportunity to sponsor a participant. The cost of curriculum and supplies for a woman to participate in our 14-week program is… [Continue Reading]

The Paul and Jane Meyer Foundation donated $6,000 which will cover our lease payments for one year.

Irma Lopez, a CWJC graduate and MCC Presidential Scholar, has returned to school to study accounting and is the first in her family to attend college. Irma says she’s also happy that she is setting an example for her two sons to follow. On May 4, 2004, women walked into the Christian Women’s Job Corps… [Continue Reading]

Cen-Tex African American Chamber of Commerce provided a scholarship to participate in their motivational conferences for one of our CWJC women who recently lost her job.  Thank you, Laveda Brown and Gail King!

Over 500 people attended Baskets of Hope 2008, 139 baskets were sold, and $46,000 was raised from sponsors, reservations, basket sales, and donations.  Several women shared testimonies of what God is doing in their lives.

Thank you to the Alcoa Foundation for a grant of $14.200. Internships with companies in Waco will be paid for with this grant so that our women can get some experience while the grant is paying their salary Thank you to the Waco Foundation for $24,300 which will provide promotional materials as well as salary for… [Continue Reading]