Generous Givers

ID: 3038 ~ Source: Painter, Rosemary. Interviewed by Mrs. Clifton [Betsy] Robinson, March 25, 1977, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
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The Dossett family donated the cottage for infants in memory of their late grandson. Painter notes that prior to World War II, some Waco families depended on the cottage for weekly childcare.

This file appears in: Evangelia Settlement

By Allie R. Lopez
Seeking to provide refuge to children and families in need, the Evangelia Settlement Home opened in 1908. Established by religious reformers Ethel Dickson and Nell Symes, the home aimed to care for the least of these throughout Waco’s community for…