The Waco Citizen

Nov. 15, 2010 – Brookshire Grocery Co. will kick off its 29th annual Spirit of Christmas Food Drive in most of its supermarkets located throughout Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas on Wednesday, November 17. Approximately 150 stores will collect donations of non-perishable food items and team up with a wide range of service organizations, food banks [...]

  　 Keep Waco Beautiful’s Fall Compost / Mulch Sale has all you need to get your garden ready for winter.  Saturday, November 20, 2010 • 9 a.m to 1 p.m. Cameron Park Zoo Overflow Parking Lot, 40 lb. bags of compost and some top soil and humus will be available for $3.00 per bag. [...]

　　　　　　　　　 Join the citizens of McLennan County who are once again collecting new books for needy children ages 3 through 9 who do not have books of their own at home. 　　　　　　　　　 Storybook Christmas, a literacy project in its 20th year, is collecting new books for children in Moody and all other Pre-K and elementary [...]

New Law Offers One-Time, $250 Rebate Checks for Eligible Medicare Beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D Donut Hole Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the third round of one-time, tax-free $250 rebate checks have been mailed to eligible Medicare beneficiaries whose drug costs are so high they have [...]

 Your electric company offers rebates on specific products and services that promotes energy conservation. To quaify you must show proof of memebership as well as well as proof of the service or repair implemented, These repairs must be purchased after January 1, 2010. Every member can get 5 free compact flourescent lightbulbs, You can pick [...]

  Historic Waco Foundation, Inc. is hosting its annual Christmas on the Brazos decorated house museum tours as well as the Waco Christmas Parade.Four local houses built from 1858-1874 will be decked out for the holidays and open for tours to the public beginning Thanksgiving weekend. Three of the houses are located downtown, situated along [...]

WASHINGTON — On Monday, November 15th, Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer, and Karen Pollitz, Deputy Director for Consumer Support in the Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (OCIIO), will hold a live-streamed press call to provide details on a recent update to the HealthCare.gov Insurance Finder. Created under the Affordable Care Act, HealthCare.gov is [...]

How do you eat healthily during the holiday season when tempted with traditional favorites like stuffing and pumpkin pie? Especially for people with diabetes watching their carbohydrates, the period from Thanksgiving until December 31 is a marathon of challenging meals.   However, thanks to Elizabeth Edelman, co-founder and resident culinary expert at www.DiabetesDaily.com, there is a [...]

Photos by Hope Gonzales More pictures to come……..

By Holly Pitt  Young “All we can do at this point is manage your cancer.” Those were the words my mother heard two years ago when she was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. Once cancer has progressed that far, it’s treatable — but no longer curable. My mom had been given a death sentence. [...]