posted by admin on Jan 22
Featured Non-Profit – Waco Missions Club
History never looks like history when you are living through it.
~John W. Gardner
The Waco Missions Club was chartered as a non-profit organization in 1957; originally, there were 15 paid members who first met and by the end of the year, they had managed to increase to 50. After many meetings, they all came together on their purpose; to provide decent entertainment for its members, and the community, to donate money to Catholic Churches and non-profit organizations and charities, to promote the educational endeavors of youth, and to combat juvenile delinquency. They had decided their motto would be, Unity and Charity.
This story is based on an interview with Vincent Lopez, my father, one of the founding members of the Waco Missions Club.
The Waco Missions Club, started with a need, a very talented group of guys needing a consistent sponsor for semi-pro baseball. A Priest from St. Francis Church personally sponsored the team and they called themselves the Saint Francis Missions. The sponsorship included the cost of the uniforms. At first they played at whatever park they could use, and with whatever money was made from admission fees and concessions, they purchased equipment. The Priest soon was transferred and with that transfer went their sponsorship.
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