MART, Texas – The Capstone team and youth at the Texas Juvenile Justice Department’s McLennan County facilities collected over 200 toys for the Waco Boys & Girls Club!! Ernest Akers and Debra Noles went above and beyond with their efforts to get the toy drive started, and then following through on the details to make a huge success! A special thank you to them and all who donated as well as the HR department and business services because they donated an abundant amount of toys. The executive director of the Boys & Girls club was very appreciative of the work that was put in, and most off all, for providing holiday gifts to the children in Waco. Capstone youth and staff distributed flyers around our campus and also posted them on our dorms to promote the event. They also developed a sign in sheet for donators to place their name and list how many toys they have given. To promote the toy drive, the youth also came up with the idea of making the drive a completi...
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department: Transforming Young Lives and Creating Safer Communities