Meet Heather Deal

Meet Heather Deal Meet Board Member Heather Deal, who moved to Waco from New York City a few years ago and joined the Board 2-3 months after she moved here, when Dr. Scales asked her if she wanted to join the community. Ms. Deal works very closely with Ms. De Laurell...

Meet Rory Jones (part 1)

Meet Rory Jones (part 1) A few days ago, I had the pleasure of speaking with Rory Jones, the Good Neighbor Board Member who oversees (and does much of the) maintenance at the house. Speaking with him is interesting because he’s had a front-row seat, more than most, to...

Sarah Flores and “Third Places”

Sarah Flores and “Third Places” Before reading Joelle’s posts about third places, I was unfamiliar with that concept. Now that I think about ways I might have experienced third places in my life, I remember mostly spending time in bookstores and the...

Spring Workdays!

Spring Workdays! Good neighbors, Resident Volunteers, members of the Leadership Team all joined on Friday and Saturday to help with yard work, scraping and painting, and power-washing and sealing the wood on our backyard deck. All of this is one way we continue to be...

Meet Audri Thicklin

Meet Audri Thicklin This last week, I had the opportunity to interview the last of Good Neighbor House’s Resident Volunteers: Audri Thicklin. She is a student at Baylor’s Graduate School of Social Work, and this is her first year working with Good Neighbor House. She...