Bill’s Backpacks works to provide food for children on weekends and holidays when schools are not open. With funds from the Hockley County Endowment in 2019, the organization provided over 4,400 bags and more than 400 boxes of food for students in need. A Bill’s Backpack representative explains that the backpacks help, “to ensure that these students arrive back to school on Monday ready to learn because they aren’t fighting their most basic need of hunger.” This project incl

Levelland’s Wallace Theater put on a production of “Cornerstones of Courage” with funding from the Hockley County Endowment. “‘Cornerstones of Courage’” made an impact on countless lives,” a Wallace Theater member said, “We specifically served 315 audience members in the show, and the reach of the story of honor and bravery and sacrifice of families during World War II reached the thousands because of this presentation.” A cast of seven people read selections from the book “

With a grant from the Hockley County Endowment, the Levelland ISD Foundation for Excellence (LIFE) helped 72 students pay for their dual credit courses during the 2019-2020 school year. A LIFE Foundation rep says, “with the investment from the Hockley County Foundation, we were able to fund $24,190 of dual credit expenses.” The LIFE Foundation consists of a volunteer board that raises funds to pay for up to 18 dual credit hours for Levelland High School students. Students p

With support from the Hockley County Endowment, CASA of the South Plains has further built its capacity to advocate on behalf of children in Hockley County who are currently experiencing the foster care system due to abuse and neglect within their homes. The organization says “children served by CASA in Hockley County benefit from having a trustworthy adult by their side who develops an objective understanding of their needs before making fact-based recommendations directly t