Aunt Bertha makes it easy to find and apply for food, health, housing and education programs in seconds. Click here to get started.
Search the database of community services online or call 2-1-1 to speak to a representative. Habla espanol. Click here to get started.Some nice stories in the paper today (…you know the one. We only have one. I remember growing up in San Antonio, we had two, and that when the San Antonio Light closed down in 1992, the entire city’s shoulders slumped. My uncle worked there as a photographer for decades, and now he’s a San Antonio...
When the going gets tough, the poor are hit first, as reported by this week’s Statesman story and last November’s NYT story. From the Statesman: “The Capital Area Food Bank, which distributes food to some 350 partner agencies in 21 counties in Central Texas, has seen a 15 to 20 percent increase in demand since...
This from the New York Times today: In her will Leona Helmsley bequeathed almost her entire fortune to dogs. Well, originally she had said “people and dogs” but apparently she scratched out “people” in a revision. The entire forture is somewhere between $5 and $8 billion. Billion. That is almost 10 times as much...
Wow, what a major undertaking that must have been! See, I’ve run and worked on Web sites for a living, so I know what it takes to perform a complete redesign. You don’t go in to it lightly. Oh, the planning, the meetings, the testing! Throw in a complicated message like Caritas’s and you’ve...
The Young Leaders Society engages Austinites between 21 and 45 years old who give $1000 or more to United Way Capital Area. Unlike a typical professional society, membership in this group emphasizes education opportunities in philanthropy and civic engagement. YLS members are committed to a better Austin and often have second careers in philanthropy....
Your wedding, your baby shower, your kid’s birthday… your own birthday. Registering for gifts has always seemed kind of icky to me, which doesn’t make much sense considering that I love when other people register – it lets me give them exactly what they want. That’s why I love the idea of Manos de...
I’m reading about how the floods in the Midwest may effect meat prices - corn and soybeans grown there are grown to feed cattle. For some of you, the immediate thought is how that will affect people and nonprofits already on the edge of being able to afford meat at all. It’s the gas...
There are at least 50 organizations for Austin professionals, and most of them include service and philanthropy as part of their missions. All together, these organizations give away thousands – and maybe millions – of dollars of services, donations, gifts, and in-kind items to the Central Texas community. Where would we be without them?...
I run across this kind of stuff all the time, but this one I couldn’t pass up. I’m going to tag this one as, “I had no idea…” The House Rabbit Resource Network, an Austin nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of Austin house rabbits and connecting house rabbit enthusiasts, holds the monthly Rabbit...
According to an AP story, more pet owners across the country are unable to afford pet food and, therefore, are lining up outside food pantries to feed their animals. This among other tough choices pet owners are having to make in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, looming recession, rising cost of fuel and...
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