All Aboard: An Intergenerational Adventure on the High Seas
By Deborah Hamilton-Lynne Today a visit to see Nana and Pop often becomes a vacation that includes whole families vacationing together and making memories. As you make vacation plans for Spring Break or the summer, imagine a stress-free holiday— no cooking, no need to...A Voice for Children: How Dionn Schaffner Continues Her Mother’s CASA Legacy
By Jennifer Hill Robenalt CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Travis County has a big job to do. And their volunteer advocates are at the heart of their service to children. It’s CASA’s mission to provide every child who’s been abused or neglected a...New Maternity Unit
Ascension Seton Hays, located at 6001 Kyle Pkwy. in Kyle, has announced the opening of a new maternity unit and expansion of its women services program. The new maternity space includes a 10,000 square foot expansion, increasing capacity by more than 50 percent. To...National Youth Tobacco Survey
About 6.2 million U.S. middle and high school students were current (past 30-day) users of some type of tobacco product in 2019, according to new National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) data recently released in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The survey found...MLK Day
The Annual Community March celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy while uplifting diversity and multi-culturalism in Austin. The MLK Community March kicks off on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 at 9 a.m. with a short program at the MLK Statue on the University of Texas...Government Recalls 19 Products Sold at T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoodsuto Draft
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and The TJX Companies Inc. are warning consumers that T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods sold 19 different recalled products after they were recalled between 2014 and 2019. This involves about 1,200 units of recalled...
AISD Announces “Frozen” Schools for Transfer
Each year, Austin ISD determines which schools (K–12) should be frozen to transfers because they have, or are expected to have, enrollments that exceed their capacities. Also, some schools are frozen to maintain stability in tracking patterns. High schools: Akins...
YMCA Awarded Grant
YMCA Texas Youth and Government Program Awarded $10,000 Grant from Texas Bar Foundation A $10,000 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation will help students in the YMCA Texas Youth and Government program practice democracy in a one-of-a-kind, hands-on learning environment...PlayMazing
Indoor Play, LLC has renamed Catch Air Austin and Catch Air Round Rock to PlayMazing Austin and PlayMazing Round Rock. Along with the name change, changes include a new focus on expanding edutainment (education entertainment), interactive platforms, in-store events,...
