Charity of Choice Nominees
February Nominee – Caritas
Posted by courtney on Jan 24, 2012 in Charity of Choice | 1 comment
Why You’d Want to Vote for Them: Caritas fights hunger, homelessness and poverty in our community. To provide the most basic needs for our neighbors, they focus on housing, food, education and employment for those most in-need. Hundreds of Austinites walk through their doors every day. If Austin Involved selects Caritas, we’ll be serving lunch to hundreds of our neighbors thanks...
Read MoreFebruary Nominee – Any Baby Can
Posted by courtney on Jan 24, 2012 in Charity of Choice | 0 comments
Why You’d Want to Vote For Them: Any Baby Can serves the youngest, sickest and poorest children in Austin. By offering education, therapy and family support to these families and children in need, they make it possible for the most-at-risk kids to overcome and thrive. If we vote for Any Baby Can, they’ve invited us to volunteer one evening at their Family Literacy class. This...
Read MoreFebruary Nominee – The Literacy Coalition
Posted by courtney on Jan 24, 2012 in Charity of Choice | 0 comments
Why You’d Want to Vote for Them: The Literacy Coalition supports high-quality literacy services all across our area, knowing that without literacy, families can’t find work and can’t survive. They connect those who can’t read to the right programs and resources, and they deploy trained volunteers to teach in the community, and they advocate for literacy services....
Read MoreJanuary Nominee – Casa Marianella
Posted by courtney on Dec 21, 2011 in Charity of Choice | 0 comments
Why You Should Vote For Them: Casa Marianella provides emergency shelter services for immigrants, including special homes for women and children escaping violence. Through their programs, they provide basic needs for homeless immigrants in Austin, keeping them safe while simultaneously teaching them English and helping them flourish in this country. With multiple families needing emergency...
Read MoreJanuary Nominee – Ending Community Homelessness Coalition
Posted by courtney on Dec 21, 2011 in Charity of Choice | 0 comments
Why You’d Want to Vote for Them: Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) provides leadership and support for the many homeless service agencies in Central Texas. They are the local planning agency regarding homeless service providers, and they advocate for our homeless neighbors. They’re asking for our help with one of their biggest projects of the year, the Annual Counting...
Read MoreJanuary Nominee – Foundation for the Homeless
Posted by courtney on Dec 21, 2011 in Charity of Choice | 0 comments
Why You’d Want to Vote for Them: Foundation for the Homeless keeps families intact while in the shelter system, which is a unique model. They provide emergency, transitional housing for these families, along with supportive services and meals. Their facilities are in need of updating, and if we choose to support Foundation for the Homeless, they’ll use our help to buy furniture...
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