Walking in a Winter Wonderland
The Trail of Lights in Zilker Park opens to the public on Dec. 9 and runs through Dec. 23. The annual event, produced by the nonprofit Trail of Lights Foundation, expects to welcome 400,000 guests this year. New highlights will include seating at a mid-way rest area...
Art Therapy
After announcing plans for her art therapy initiative, Second Lady Karen Pence visited Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas today to see first-hand how art therapy is making a difference in Central Texas. Following a walk-and-talk including a special visit...
Tribute to Nurses
The Central Texas Medical Center Foundation’s 24th annual Stars of Texas Gala raised $182,000 for the San Marcos hospital’s growing orthopedics program. This year’s gala paid tribute to those CTMC nurses who have served the hospital for more than 25 years. The 14...
Graduation Rates
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) recently announced the award of $1.5 million in funding for the Foster Youth Dropout Recovery and High School Completion pilot program to help current and former foster youth ages 16 to 25 earn a high school diploma or its...
Parenting Guidance
A local non-profit and a national organization have teamed up to help pregnant women and new mothers through unfamiliar times. Austin-based Any Baby Can and the national group Nurse-Family Partnership pair a first-time mother with her very own, personal nurse to guide...
Labor Pains
The pains of childbirth are no laughing matter, but a little laughter might be just what the patient orders. Moms delivering at Seton Medical Center Austin (SMCA) now have the option of using nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, for pain management during labor and...
Community Service
The Girl’s School of Austin celebrated its 15th anniversary in September with a party and community service challenge. The challenge, called “15 Years, 15 Hours,” asked each student, teacher and parent at the school to complete 15 hours of community service during the...
Thanksgiving Run
The 27th annual ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot will take place on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23. The event takes place outside the Long Center and includes a 5-mile run, a 1-mile walk and a Stepping Stone School Kids’ K. In the run-up to the Turkey Trot, Stepping Stone...
Road Trips
Eight towns along Highway 290 between Houston and Austin have created a scavenger hunt called #Adventure290. Along the way, visitors can stop, find answers to clues at historic sites and mail in a completed passport to redeem a prize. “Adventure 290 was created to get...
Girls’ Conference
Austin-based nonprofit Latinitas hosted its third annual Startup Chica Conference in October. Girls of all backgrounds between ages 9 and 18 learned how to come up with innovative ideas to help solve social issues and turn them into products and apps that they pitched...
Crisis Helpline
A new resource for Native Americans is now available thanks to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center and the National Domestic Violence Hotline (The Hotline). Headquartered in Austin, the StrongHearts Native Helpline is the first national crisis line...
Candy Buy-Back
What to do with all that post-Halloween candy? During the month of November, trick-or-treaters ages 12 and under can bring excess candy to Round Rock Dentists and My Kid's Dentist & Orthodontics to receive $1 per pound of unopened candy. Round Rock Dentists and My...
