The goal of the National HBCU Initiative is to implement and increase the retention and graduation rates of students attending HBCUs. While emphasizing the relevance of HBCUs’ past, present and future, this initiative strives to create synergy and complement program initiatives already underway at schools. The Links, Incorporated supports HBCUs and encourages chapters to:

• Partner with other national organizations
• Host HBCU college fairs and other events
• Mentor and recruit students to attend and graduated from HBCUs
• Promote and encourage a connection with an HBCU and its STEM programs
• Identify opportunities to support faculty research and/or professional development
• Contribute to the sustainability of HBCU institutions

Mentoring is strategically integrated into all Services to Youth programs and initiatives. Links members mentor, recruit, register, and support mentors in their communities. The National Mentoring Initiative also supports the Young Achievers and Links to Success: Children Achieving Excellence programs.

The goals of this initiative are to:

• Establish successful mentoring relationships (one-on-one, group mentoring, etc.) with youth, pre-K – 16
• Identify and recruit more local black mentors
• Stress competence and character building as core values in a mentoring relationship
• Encourage mentoring relationships to focus on closing the academic achievement gap, workforce readiness and healthy lifestyles
• Establish partnerships with local mentoring agencies to provide mentor training

The Town Lake (TX) Chapter members received training and certification in Mental Health First Aid to become the first line of support to help a person feel less distressed and be a vital source in helping the person to seek assistance.

Town Lake (TX) Chapter members will participate in Walk for Healthy Living Annual Walk- a-Thon and many other walks to help Chapter members participated in the walk, raised funds, registered voters, handed out water, and assisted with packing and loading equipment to make the event a success. 

The Town Lake (TX) Chapter members provides exposure to various forms of Art activities to provide students with a wordly exposure to enhance their appreciation for the arts through song and dance.

The National Poster Art Competition was created in 1995 in conjunction with The Links, Incorporated’s national walk-a-thon. The competition’s theme has traditionally had a health-related focus and sought to depict healthy, energetic, and active lifestyles. The 2019- 2020 competition broadens the health focus by adopting the theme Transforming Communities by Making Health a Habit. Students incorporated sub-themes including, but not limited to, a healthy and clean environment, a bully-free world, and an inclusive and diverse society as elements related to healthy and happy communities.

The National Poster Art Competition runs biennially from October through June, commencing in uneven years. Between December and March, Links chapters conduct their own contests to determine winners in each of four age categories:

Town Lake (TX) Chapter members received training and certification to register voters. We participated in career fairs, walks, and gatherings to encourage unregistered voters to register to vote.

Programs are designed and developed to service educational, health and cultural needs and to help people emerge from poverty. A primary objective of our international work is to enrich the lives of women and their families.

The Town Lake (TX) Chapter donates annually a minimun of $15,000.00 to the Central Texas Food Bank and partners with them to provide backpacks filled with nutritious food for children to eat over weekends.