(Seguin) — For 60 years, the Community Council of South-Central Texas has worked quietly behind the scenes helping families through difficult moments — whether it’s assistance with housing, food, energy bills, senior services or early childhood education.
However, this week, the organization brought that mission into the spotlight during its annual CCSCT Community Heroes Awards Luncheon and Awareness Event. The group designed the event so that community leaders, businesses and supporters would gather to hear stories of transformation and learn about the agency’s future vision.
The luncheon held Wednesday at the Seguin Coliseum featured remarks from local leaders, live testimonials from individuals whose lives were changed through CCSCT programs plus the recognition of several community partners and supporters.
Those presented with CCSCT Community Hero Awards were to Walmart Distribution Center in New Braunfels, Elaine Bennett, chief executive officer of the Guadalupe Regional Medical Foundation and not pictured Hellen Martinez de Morales, board chair STAAC; President Elect Texas Legislative Ladies.
Throughout the event, CCSCT leaders emphasized that the organization’s mission goes beyond temporary assistance — focusing instead on helping individuals and families achieve long-term stability and self-sufficiency.
During the presentation, Executive Director Bobby Deike shared the organization’s three-year vision, including plans to purchase the former Mosaic Church campus located at 1201 and 1209 West Court Street in Seguin.
The proposed 1.67-acre property includes more than 13,000 square feet of building space and would become “a centralized Action Center for community services.”
Deike says the facility would allow CCSCT to expand services while creating a stronger community presence.
“We need to have a centralized place where we can better serve the community — a facility that we can help the seniors. We care about the entire community. We can work with seniors. So that, we have a nice location to serve the populations that we currently serve — maybe have room for community partners to join us, outreach events,” said Deike.
According to CCSCT, the future campus would house a Senior Citizen Day Activity Center, community services program offices and administrative offices. Plans also include a community center for outreach events, meetings and community engagement, along with room for future expansion.
Deike says the possibilities created by the new campus extend far beyond the organization itself.
“Having that type of space or similar place just creates so many opportunities, not only for CCSCT, but the community as well,” said Deike.
The luncheon also focused heavily on awareness — helping people better understand the depth of services CCSCT provides across South Central Texas and the impact those services have on local families.
Deike says many people are unaware of how many lives are touched through the organization’s work each year.
“I don’t think people understand the impact we have in the community to help those people that are just looking for a way to better their situation, potentially become self-sufficient. That’s our best wish that can ever happen for people is the stories that were shared today by those we serve. And that was the purpose of the event today — is to create awareness not only within this community, but Comal County, Wilson County, or for other areas, people from other areas that attended today,” said Deike.
CCSCT recently released its 2025 Annual Report, highlighting a year that included assistance for thousands of families across Greater South Central and West Texas. The report details the support “provided through housing programs, energy assistance, nutrition services, early childhood education and emergency response efforts during the 2025 Hill Country and Guadalupe County floods.”
The nonprofit community action agency serves qualified families in 27 counties, including Guadalupe, Comal and Wilson counties, “with a mission centered on removing barriers and helping individuals become self-sufficient through innovative programs and community partnerships.”