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Get one of these Big Weekend Calendars for everyone on your list
I’m going to reveal to you one of my signature gifts for the past two years – the Austin Big Weekend Calendar. I first came across this calendar at the City Hall gift shop. I bought a few then, and...
View ArticleRays of Hope offers first Solar Photovoltaic Installation workshop
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...
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This Weekend in Bushwhacking:
If you’re anything like me, seeing the new Robert Rodriguez film Machete (which was shot here in Austin!) rekindled your desire to reconnect with your favorite sharp object. If you’re not, well, you...
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GivingCity Austin #7 Magazine, Featuring 30 New Philanthropists
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...
View Article(So excited.) What’s inside the next issue of GivingCity!
I hate to brag, but I am a marketer/mom, so it comes naturally, unfortunately. I just have to say that GivingCity Austin #8 is going to be the BEST MAGAZINE ISSUE OF ALL TIME.* (I am required by the...
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GivingCity Austin Issue 9: Celebrate volunteers!
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...
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NEW! GivingCity Austin #10 Now Available
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...
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MARCH 3: It’s My Park, People
She'll be lopping this Saturday. Will you? The parks in Austin are lovely beacons of green… and are more vulnerable to concrete, asphalt, non-natives and trash than you might think. Thank goodness we...
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I feel the need ….
File this under, “Oh my gosh, I might love this Circuit of Americas thing.” From a press release from Circuit of Americas: Race fans purchasing tickets to these 2013 Circuit events can also donate to...
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GivingCity Austin Nov/Dec Issue Now Available!
Get inspired! The new issue of GivingCity Austin is ready! INSIDE THE NEW ISSUE: The Impact of Austin’s Nutcracker Why Austin is Still Fighting AIDS 20+ Ways to Give Back This Season A Beautiful Story...
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Favorite Fundraisers for September 2013
SEPT 6: Fete and Fete*ish benefitting Ballet Austin, natch. I’ve never been to this, probably because it sells out early and because my working mom figure could not be in the same room with all those...
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Do you expect them to WALK to do the work of saving our rivers?
Help Austin Youth River Watch raise money for a new van! Listen, these kids are breaking their backs, knee deep in river water every day, testing the water quality for you and our environment. They’re...
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Why haven’t you done it yet? Donate to something!
Either you’ve been putting it off, you’ve forgotten or you can’t decide which organization to give to — all lame excuses. It’s now or never to make your “end-of’year” gift. TICK TOCK. If you’re...
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Get outside! Clean up a park
One of the best volunteer opportunities of the year is coming up, and I don’t want you to miss it. If you’ve been looking for a group or family volunteer activity – not too long, not too difficult,...
View ArticleShare the Love: Austin Nonprofit Wedding and Event Venues
Austin is full of so many beautiful and inspiring wedding venues that it can be very difficult for a couple to find one that not only fits their budget, but reflects their personalities and values as...
View ArticleJUST IN: City’s “Purchase for Purpose” campaign
Have you heard of Locally Austin? The City of Austin’s Economic Development Department is encouraging Austinites to shop local and shop Zero Waste this holiday season with the Purchase with a Purpose...
View ArticleSXSW 2015: Al Gore gives us a mission
We knew Al Gore would scare the bejesus out of us at this morning’s feature presentation, The Climate Crisis: Challenge & Opportunity. But he had a mission in mind. Gore updated the SXSW...
View ArticleWATCH: Nobody makes films this way, but The Oceanmaker makes for great Earth...
Film animators might just think differently than the rest of us. In 2012, Austinite Lucas Martell invited filmmakers and artists to a working retreat in Belize to work on a short animated film about...
View ArticleEcology Action Closing Downtown Recycling Center Sept 2015
(Media statement just received. More to come.) 1 May 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Title: Ecology Action to Close Its Downtown Recycling Center Subtitle: Established Environmental Organization Poised to...
View ArticleVOLUNTEERING: Have fun with quick, one-day event volunteering
Only have one day to volunteer? No worries! One-time volunteer days are a great way to get out, meet new people, help a cause you care about and feel like you’re contributing good to the world. Plus,...
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