Search the database of community services online or call 2-1-1 to speak to a representative. Habla espanol.A fable about privilege: Imagine you were visited by a genie just before you were born. The genie would grant you the power to set the rules of the society you would be born into – economic, political, social. You would decide who has the advantages in this society and who does not. And...
How do seven kids get from South Austin to Ames, Iowa? With creative problem solving, a movie, and your support! They won first place at the Central Texas Regional competition. They won first place at the Texas State competition. They will represent their school, their community, Austin, and Texas at the 33rd annual...
Art makes a city. Think of world’s most amazing cities. Each of them has a strong arts community that supports local artists and places art among its civic virtues. This weekend the Austin Art Alliance offers you one of the easiest and most enjoyable ways to support local fine arts with Art City Austin,...
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...
Saturday night, my husband and I will celebrate our 10-year anniversary at Theatre Action Project’s Big Hair Country Fair. I have no problem at all sharing this special occasion with TAP because TAP was so great to our son. Sam attended two weeks of TAP’s summer camps last year because I’m the type of...
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...
There are about 6,000 nonprofits in Central Texas, and sometimes it feels like I’ve met them all. Each of them is inspiring in its own way. But once in a while one sneaks up on me and kind of takes my breath away…. Darden Smith, 49, is an accomplished Austin-based singer/songwriter with lots of...
THE NEW ISSUE IS READY START READING THE FALL 2011 ISSUE NOW INSIDE: Celebrate Volunteers! H-E-B Feast of Sharing hosts more than 1,000 volunteers every year. Here’s why. The surprising philosophy of Will Meredith Why Mike Haggerty kept Turkey Trot going for +20 years Matt Kouri on how to judge a nonprofit and much...
Thousands of Central Texas families struggle all year long to put food on the table, so for them the holidays can be the worst time of year. Gifts, big meals, traveling to see friends and relatives… even a Christmas tree can be an extravagance they can’t afford. Lots of these families just skip the...
Many of us know people affected by the fires all over the Austin area. Hell, many of you are people affected by the fires all over Austin. So what would you say if I told you that hundreds and hundreds of complete strangers have sent in hundreds of thousands of dollars to help? And...
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