Nonprofit Donation
The owners of ThunderCloud Subs presented its largest single donation ever from the proceeds of the ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot — $350,000 — to Caritas of Austin today. ThunderCloud has now raised nearly $3.8 million over the Trot’s 28-year history. The ThunderCloud...
Community Service Prize
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes will accept online applications beginning Jan. 2, 2019. The prize celebrates inspiring, public-spirited young people from across the U.S. and Canada. Established in 2001 by author T.A. Barron, the prize annually honors 25...
Scholarship Deadline
Texas 5th through 9th graders, take heed: the application deadline for Texas Match the Promise Foundation℠ scholarship awards is Dec. 31, 2018. Match the Promise scholarship awards are available if: you are the beneficiary of a Texas Tuition Promise Fund® (TTPF)...
Barbecue Champs
The smoked meat elite gathered for the Texas High School BBQ Regional Cook-off competition in Belton in November. Seven teams of Central Texas high school students faced off in one of the country’s largest vocational education cooking competitions. The winners, Burnet...
Pregnancy Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded UT Austin a $1.2 million Smart and Connected Health grant to better understand pregnancy and pregnancy care in the U.S. Researchers plan to use smartphone applications to monitor the activity and behavior of 1,000...
Community Service
Univision recently launched its first Unidos Por Los Nuestros (United for Each Other) day of service in cities nationwide. Hundreds of employees rallied together in support of community service initiatives that align with the company’s mission to empower and inform...
Pet Food Drive
Tomlinson’s Feed is hosting its annual Pound4Pound pet food drive at its 15 Austin-area stores through Dec. 24. For every bag of food donated in stores, Tomlinson’s and five of its pet food suppliers will match the donation - pound for pound. Food collected during the...
Expressions of Faith
Family Rosary has announced its annual “Try Prayer! It Works!” contest for 2019. The contest is open to students in grades K-12 who are enrolled in a Catholic school, religious education program, parish or other organization, including home school. The contest...
Classically Country
Husband-and-wife team Gary and Donna Taylor will lend a country flare to the Dickens’ classic on Dec. 15 and 16 with "A Lone Star Christmas Carol" at the Price Center in San Marcos. Using a score by Gary Taylor, the pair join two other cast members in performing 13...
Local Reads
A father and daughter have teamed up to write a book about gratitude. Grow Grateful, released in October, is a picture book that takes readers on a camping trip with main character Kiko. Co-author Jon Lasser, PhD, is a psychologist, school psychologist, professor and...
Fundraising for Children
COVER 3 hosted its annual golf classic benefiting Partnerships for Children in October at Avery Ranch Golf Club. The event raised over $400,000 to benefit the local nonprofit, which provides critical resources to abused and neglected Central Texas children....
Career Exploration
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has announced a statewide career exploration campaign and website called “Jobs Y’all: Your Career. Your Story.” The campaign hopes to inspire young Texans to discover and explore the state’s in-demand industries and learn about...
