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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’m tracking the response to a campaign called Homeless Hotspots. Have you heard of it? Taking place during SXSW Interactive, homeless men are employed to be 4G hotspots as a service to attendees of SXSWi. Attendees can pay what they like to plug into the 4G device, with a suggested donation of $2 for...
Thanks to our sponsors: The new issue is ready. Click below or on the cover to start reading it now. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: “Where Did The Money Go?” If millions of dollars were raised to help wildfire victims, why are families still suffering? “How to Help a Returning Soldier” U.S. soldiers face depression,...
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...
So I just pre-screened “DIVE!,” a documentary about one man’s journey from dumpster diver to food-rescue advocate. It’s one of those films that makes you realize how easy it is to make a difference. No, I am not going to start dumpster diving. But this film does make you think about all the food...
In 2009, we ran a story in GivingCity Austin #4 about the State Employes Charitiable Campaign. In it there was a sidebar by Gretchen Willard, a state employee. Before the birth of her child, she knew little about the organizations that would save her baby’s life. Now Willard is one of the volunteers who...
I’m a mom, as most of you know. That’s my number-one job in this world: Mom. After that comes wife, daughter, sister, aunt…. you get the picture, my family is important to me. After family comes this job, which brings me as much joy and frustration as my primary job (see above). Part of...
SPRING 2011 ISSUE IS READY Start reading the new issue now. LOOK WHAT’S INSIDE: click the links to go directly to that page FEATURES The New Philanthropists – 30 daredevils making a difference now Here’s the Art Taking art in Austin to the next level Leading...
Before GivingCity came to the Austin Community Foundation, we produced a lot of content for a lot of other people. One of our favorite things to work on was and is 12 Baskets Magazine for Mobile Loaves & Fishes. We still do 12 Baskets now. Here’s how we got that gig: I was standing...
Last night, Jason Sabo terrified a small group of philanthropists by describing the devastating effects of the budget cuts being considered by the current Legislature. Many of the cuts would put the neediest Texans in real life-or-death situations. Sabo has been the United Ways of Texas man at the Capitol for more than 10...
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