Charity of Choice Nominees
March Nominee – Mobile Loaves and Fishes
Posted by courtney on Feb 29, 2012 in Charity of Choice | 0 comments
Why You’d Want to Vote for Them: Mobile Loaves and Fishes provides more than just food and clothing to those who need it. Their mission is also about promoting dignity, and they do that by finding long-term affordable housing to get the homeless off the streets, and even have a new project creating living wage jobs for the homeless at their ReWork program. If we choose Mobile Loaves and...
Read MoreMarch Nominee – Interfaith Action of Central Texas
Posted by courtney on Feb 29, 2012 in Charity of Choice | 0 comments
Why You’d Want to Vote for Them: Interfaith Action of Central Texas (iACT) joins all the faith communities together to perform service work to benefit those most in need in our city: senior citizens, international refugees, and the hungry. Their Hands on Housing program performs critical maintenance on homes in East Austin to keep residents housed. They’ve invited us to...
Read MoreFebruary 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...
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