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Two years ago, I got a call from a college friend who told me that her brother had killed their mother. Her brother had been mentally ill his whole life, growing up in Houston. He’d been in and out of facilities, in and out of jail and on and off the streets until his...
As a happily married mother of two, let me be the first to say that I can dig facial hair on men. My husband had a mustache when I married him, and it makes a reappearance once in while. I don’t mind that, you know what I mean? (Hubba) The thing about the mustache...
St. David’s Foundation Awards Stopgap Funding for Area Agencies Additional grants to allay budget concerns after United Way cuts programs’ funds. (GCAUSTIN NOTE – I don’t like to run press releases almost verbatim (see quote from Meals on Wheels and More and AIDS Services of Austin), but I think we could all use some...
Get inspired! The new issue of GivingCity Austin is ready! INSIDE THE NEW ISSUE: The Impact of Austin’s Nutcracker Why Austin is Still Fighting AIDS 20+ Ways to Give Back This Season A Beautiful Story from Komen Meet Austin Supermom Volunteer And a lot more! Thank you to our sponsors:
Sunday is the day when worlds collide — work, family, the meaning of life …. Yesterday, for example, was a doozy. First Sunday School, where I talk to polite but (frankly) bored pre-K children about how Jesus loves them and wants them to be nice to their friends. For the service after, the older...
Sometimes the media just gets it wrong. And I know why. It’s journalists who have to be generalists and rely on noisy sources who promote themselves as experts for their opinions on a matter, which they only include in the story if it supports their premise, which is ill founded because… well, they’re generalists...
Because they won’t see you. (Sometimes I get a little wonky. I used to cover the Medicare/Medicaid “beats” at Texas Medicine, the magazine of the Texas Medical Association. So when I saw this…) According to the Texas Medical Association, the percent of Texas doctors that will accept new Medicare and Medicaid patients is at...
This week is the 16th Annual Food Allergy Awareness Week, from May 14 – 19, 2012. Austin Families with Food Allergies (AFFA) has shared a few ways you can get involved: Monday, May 14: Children’s Art Contest on display at Sunflower Market (William Cannon and Manchaca) through Saturday. Drop in to see the art...
You can turn a single vote into 10 votes to help build a new Breast Cancer Center in Austin. And it’s so easy! Here’s how: 1. On Friday, March 30, go to pinkwell.org/voting 2. Sign in to vote (you can sign in with Facebook or Twitter, too) 3. Vote for The Seton Fund-Seton Breast...
I have the Austin Young Lawyers Association to thank for my life. It was back in 2000-something that I was communications director at the bar, and being around all those bright, civic minded young professionals gave me the idea for GivingCity Austin. I’d be a depressed copywriter at some lousy software company today if...
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