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Search the database of community services online or call 2-1-1 to speak to a representative. Habla espanol. Click here to get started.The United Way’s Spring Day of Caring event always brings out the crowds, and the most recent on April 24 was no different. This time, though, it also brought out the mayoral candidates. Candidates addressed the crowd of volunteers, encouraging them and mostly staying away from any campaign talk. It was nice to have...
One of the best, most informative parts of Turk Pipkin’s new film, “One Peace at a Time,” is his interview with U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett, who represents part of Austin and seven counties southeast of Austin. After traveling the world to see the true impact of organizations like Austin-based charities, The Miracle Foundation and A...
You did it: 1,000 of you pledged to donate, volunteer, or spread the word about Pledge to End Hunger, and as a result, Tyson’s sending a semi-truck loaded with 140,000 meals to the Capital Area Food Bank on Monday, March 16. Way to go! Now we have a chance to send two more Tyson food...
There’s a group in Austin that I simply must know more about: Civic Interest. From what I’ve found out through Google, “…Civic Interest, a group venture for civic entrepreneurs advising clients on local issues and new initiatives. A central focus of the work of Civic Interest is research, including continuing and expanding LeaderTrack, an...
I’m posting this so late… ! But I wanted to get this out there to folks who’d written us about the story we ran in the last issue, the one about Rays of Hope. Rays of Hope is the grassroots nonprofit created by Mike Frisch and Effie Brunson that brings energy-saving repairs and appliance upgrades to the...
Those who can’t, teach, right? I certainly don’t claim to know all the secrets to publishing a magazine these days, but I’m happy to share with you what I do know. The way I see it, there’s no such thing as too much competition - the best mag wins. And I’m happy to learn from...
My father just turned 68. He grew up in San Antonio around the northwest part of town. When he was in school, he told me, he had to drink from a separate water fountain from whites. He couldn’t even think of dating a white girl. He was welcome on the football team, but any...
I’m such a follower. But we have a few videos related to the next issue, and uploading to the ‘Tube is so much easier than uploading to WordPress. Plus, I need the self-gratification that comes with mastering a Web application and gaining new “friends” and “subscribers.” (I wish I were joking.) Please check out...
Sarah Andrews of Meals on Wheels and More wrote me last week with lots of great news about this longstanding organization. First the biggest news was that it is going to be the recipient of the money raised by next year’s Capital 10K race, which last year raised more than $180,000 for University Medical...
Do people give less when they worry about having less?How will nonprofits and charities, which rely on your donations, weather the economic downturn, which seems less about the effect on our wallets than the effect on our psyche? The Austin nonprofit community – like small businesses, individuals close to retirement, parents about to put kids...
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