By Amanda Castro-Crist Every week, several volunteers spend their break at Bean Elementary in East Lubbock. As part of the Communities in Schools Lunch Buddies program, volunteers act as mentors to kindergarten through fifth grade students. Bonding with a lunch buddy can lead to a student opening up about situations at school and at home that can then […]
South Plains Food Bank Pays It Forward
September 22, 2016 by
For 20 counties in West Texas, the South Plains Food Bank is a beacon of help and hope. According to its website, just over 96,000 people in the area were food insecure last year. The South Plains Food Bank served 56,243 people last year, but would like to be able to serve the close to 40,000 others who […]
Another Guide Dog Trainee Joining Red Raider Family
March 25, 2016 by
By Kaitlin Bain Vivian Helms loves being a parent. A pet parent, that is. Unlike other students, she has two dogs, a rat and a guinea pig. She is also taking care of a friend’s puppy, Chet, and working with him on potty training, chewing habits and other puppy issues. “I’ve already had to buy […]
Guide to a Guide Dog
February 5, 2016 by
Tanner Warmoth contributed to this article. A media and communication graduate student has started a Lubbock chapter of Lone Star Guide Dog Raisers, an organization that allows volunteers to train guide dogs for Guide Dogs for the Blind . The club is the only program of its kind in West Texas. Kaitlyn Beckert got involved when […]
Senior Strives To Leave Behind a Legacy Beyond The Basketball Court
March 9, 2015 by
For some students, senior year might mean late-starting classes, easy schedules, securing a job, and maybe a coast to the finish line, but for Clark Lammert, a public relations major from San Antonio, Texas, and power forward for the Texas Tech men’s basketball team, senior year meant much more than that. Senior year was about […]
