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See below a list of GA partners that are looking for volunteers during Thanksgiving week and this upcoming weekend. Volunteer Opportunities Lighter Loads ATX- Thanksgiving block party on Nov. 21st Sign Up Here (Set up begins at 8:30AM) Meals on Wheels- On...
Homelessness, Local
This National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, the City of Austin is hosting a series of conversations about what’s happening in Austin to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring. The week-long observation is scheduled between Nov. 15-21 featuring...
Homelessness, Local
The Other Ones Foundation/Camp Esperanza-Glimmer Partner AUSTIN (KXAN) — It has now been one year since Texas Governor Greg Abbott gave his blessing for people experiencing homelessness to camp on a five-acre property off of a frontage road in Southeast Austin. This...
Homelessness, Local
SOURCE: KVUE Foster Care to Family: 31 children adopted in Travis County; sibling duo shares their journey AUSTIN, Texas — It was not an easy journey for two children who navigated the Travis County foster care system for years but, on Thursday, they can leave those...
Foster Care, Local
SOURCE: CBS AUSTIN This non-profit’s goal is to give hope to local children entering foster care and help ease their transition into a new home. As you can imagine, right now they are needed like never before. Carrying Hope Executive Director, Kristin Finan...
Homelessness, Local
SOURCE: KVUE AUSTIN, Texas — More than a year after Gov. Greg Abbott funded a state-sanctioned homeless encampment off Highway 183, a nonprofit is bringing in additional support. The Other Ones Foundation (TOOF) moved its headquarters to the camp in August to better...
