Boys and Girls Club Names Youth of the Year
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area (BGCAA) recently named Dennis Vera, a high school senior at Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, as Austin’s Youth of the Year. Vera will receive a $5,000 scholarship from the Austin Area Boys & Girls Club...
Valentine Card-Making Event Benefits Local Shelter
The Bright Horizons Foundation for Children announced that it has teamed up with Pottery Barn Kids to host a children’s Valentine’s Day card making event. Parents and their kids can stop by any local Pottery Barn Kids store from February 6-14, and children will be...
Special Olympics Holds Winter Games
Special Olympics Texas will be holding its Winter Games Feb. 5-8 at locations throughout the Austin area. More than 2,500 athletes are expected to compete in bowling, powerlifting and volleyball events. Opening ceremonies for the four-day competition will occur Feb. 5...
Pflugerville ISD Collects 1.5 Tons for Food Banks
Pflugerville ISD announced that its families and staff members collected approximately one and a half tons of food items for local food banks in advance of the holiday season. This is the eighth annual food drive spearheaded by the district’s food services department...
Simon Youth Foundation Seeks Applicants for Scholarships
For a fifteenth straight year, Simon Youth Foundation, a national nonprofit that provides educational opportunities for at-risk high school students, will award a college scholarship to one student from every community that is home to a Simon property. Simon Youth...
Austin Diaper Bank Sets Goal to Serve More in 2015
Austin Diaper Bank announced in January that it has provided over 100,000 diapers to babies and seniors in need since its founding in summer 2013. In May 2014, the organization achieved its original goal to secure an independent space by leasing office space in north...
Umlauf Museum Features Touchable Art
The Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum has the largest touchable sculpture collection in Texas, museum officials announced in late December. The collection is important to visually impaired visitors as an avenue for arts education. “I was a summer intern...
City of San Marcos Offers Baby Sign Language Classes
The Signing Connection and City of San Marcos Parks and Recreation have announced a continuation of weekly Baby Sign and Play classes in 2015. The classes are held Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. for $7 per child at the San Marcos Activity Center, 501 E. Hopkins Street....
LBJ High School Wins Attendance Challenge
Austin ISD, in partnership with the E3 Alliance and the Get Schooled Foundation, announced that Lyndon B. Johnson Early College High School won the high school fall attendance challenge for Central Texas. The school placed 13th in the nation. LBJ celebrated on Jan. 22...
Harlem Globetrotter Visits Barron Elementary
Harlem Globetrotter Zeus McClurkin surprised Barron Elementary School students on Jan. 20 to speak about the Globetrotters' “ABCs of Bullying Prevention” program. The program was designed in coordination with the National Campaign to Stop Violence to help reduce...
PBS Kids Premieres Odd Squad Special
On Monday, January 19, PBS KIDS will premiere a one-hour ODD SQUAD special, in which the kid agents save more than the day – they save the world. In “Odd Squad Saves the World,” the agents tackle high-stakes cases and work together using math to overcome their biggest...
Austin-based non-profit connects and supports LGBTQ teens
One of Austin’s newest non-profits, SanghaLink, is tackling the escalating issue of isolation, depression and suicide amongst teen LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, questioning) populations through an online community platform. In the wake of the recent...
